Podcasts about transport geography

Many studies have looked at the effects of new transit infrastructure on housing prices, gentrification, and other neighborhood changes. But how does housing policy — specifically rising rents and worsening affordability — affect transit? Mike Manville takes the guest seat in the first episode of our four-part series on transportation research: Road Scholars.Show NotesManville, M., King, H., Matute, J., & Lau, T. (2024). Neighborhood change and transit ridership: Evidence from Los Angeles and Orange Counties. Journal of Transport Geography, 121, 104048.Three previous episodes discussing why housing supply matters for affordability: Episode 79 of UCLA Housing Voice: Who Pays For Inclusionary Zoning with Shane PhillipsEpisode 83 of UCLA Housing Voice: Local Effects of Upzoning with Simon Büchler and Elena LutzEpisode 5 of UCLA Housing Voice: Market-Rate Development and Neighborhood Rents with Evan Mast

Episode Notes Currently there are over 22 million Asians across the US representing a range of ethnic groups originating in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Yet, oftentimes, the ways we think of Asian American history is tethered to the East and West Coasts. But Asians in America have a long history in the Deep South, a history that has garnered growing attention. Documentaries like “Far East, Deep South” and “Blurring the Color Line: Chinese in the Segregated South” follow the filmmakers as they explore their personal family histories. How does knowing these histories help us have a fuller and richer understanding not only of Asian Americans but also the South? And how might these histories be shaping our shared present and future? Today I sit down with Dr. Shaolu Yu, whose work examines these questions and more.   Dr. Shaolu Yu is an Associate Professor of Urban Studies and the Chair of Asian Studies at Rhodes College. Trained as an urban geographer in an interdisciplinary background and participating in projects in urban studies in China, the U.S., and Canada, she has developed a comparative and global perspective and a mixed method approach in her research on cities. Her papers have been published in the journals Annals of Association of American Geographers, The Professional Geographer, Urban Geography, Geographical Review, and The Journal of Transport Geography.

Apoorv Bhargava discusses his work at WeaveGrid optimizing electric vehicle charging within distribution systems. The interview is wrapped by context and insights from the regular hosts: Ahlmahz Negash, Conleigh Byers, Farhad Billimoria, and Paul Dockery.You can find the podcast on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Share with friends that are energy enthusiasts, like us!01:21 - 30 seconds of TheoryFarhad Billimoria on Distribution System Operators (DSOs)Conleigh Byers on Transactive EnergyAhlmahz Negash on the Energy Equity Gap10:28 - Apoorv Bhargava on WeaveGrid and the Grid53:38 - Apoorv Bhargava's analogy; the electric grid is like a well stocked bar1:00:27 - Updating our PriorsFred Scweppe: Power systems `2000': hierarchical control strategiesPaul Joskow & Richard Schmalensee: Markets for Power1:20:24 - Community Planning as Energy PlanningWe Need to Make Cities Less Car-Dependent, Scientific American, 2024Car harm: A global review of automobility's harm to people and the environment, Journal of Transport Geography, 20241:28:20 - ESA World Cup StandingsPublic Power Underground, for electric utility enthusiasts! Public Power Underground, it's work to watch!

Episode Notes May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a nationally recognized heritage month established in 1992 to celebrate the histories, cultures, and contributions of Asians in America. Currently there are over 22 million Asians across the US representing a range of ethnic groups originating in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. Yet, oftentimes, the ways we think of Asian American history is tethered to the East and West Coasts. But Asians in America have a long history in the Deep South, a history that has garnered growing attention. Documentaries like “Far East, Deep South” and “Blurring the Color Line: Chinese in the Segregated South” follow the filmmakers as they explore their personal family histories. How does knowing these histories help us have a fuller and richer understanding not only of Asian Americans but also the South? And how might these histories be shaping our shared present and future? Today I sit down with Dr. Shaolu Yu, whose work examines these questions and more.   Dr. Shaolu Yu is an Associate Professor of Urban Studies and the Chair of Asian Studies at Rhodes College. Trained as an urban geographer in an interdisciplinary background and participating in projects in urban studies in China, the U.S., and Canada, she has developed a comparative and global perspective and a mixed method approach in her research on cities. Her papers have been published in the journals Annals of Association of American Geographers, The Professional Geographer, Urban Geography, Geographical Review, and The Journal of Transport Geography.

Prof Brian Caulfield is Head of Discipline in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering. His research addresses global issues such as the environmental impacts of transport and methods to reduce the carbon impacts of transport. He has published over 200 papers in international journals and conferences and to date has been awarded approx. €7 million in research funding. He currently has 9 PhD students and 6 postdoctoral researchers in his research group.  He is a Senior Editor of Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews and an Editor of Transport Policy. He is a member of the International Editorial Board of Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Case Studies on Transport Policy, the Journal of Cycling and Micro-mobility Research, and the Journal of Transport Geography. Brian spoke at our 2023 Annual Social Policy Conference on the theme of A Just Transition.  All videos, papers and presentations for the 2023 Annual Social Policy conference are available for download HERE.

On this second episode of The Trip Diary, Steve Tornes speaks with Dr. Peter V. Hall about the Employer Transit Subsidy Study, a research project which examined the factors that encourage people to switch from driving to public transit and who, even if you made transit free, would still not use public transit. Compared to our last episode on equity, this research is quantitative and numbers based, and yet, even though it involved big data, it still cares deeply about equity. Peter further discusses how the study was used to inform collective bargaining questions and was designed with a social purpose in mind. This SFU study was done in partnership with the union and management of seven hotels, TransLink, and the City of Vancouver. Full episode details: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/series/the-trip-diary/180-a-city-in-transit.html Read the transcript: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/transcripts/180-a-city-in-transit.html Resources: Meet Steve Tornes: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/about/updates/all-updates/meet-steve-tornes.html Simon Fraser University Employer Transit Subsidy Study, Main Report: https://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/20608/20200929_ETSS_final%20report_REV_summit.pdf Simon Fraser University Employer Transit Subsidy Study, Executive SUmmary: https://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/20609/20200910_ETSS_EXEC_Summary_web.pdf Employer-paid transit subsidies and travel behaviour: Experimental evidence from Vancouver hotels: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667091721000066 Bio: Peter V Hall was Dean pro tem in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and is Professor of Urban Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. His areas of research include port cities, community and local economic development, and he is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Transport Geography. He was Principal Investigator of the Employer Transit Subsidy Study. Cite this episode: Chicago Style Tornes, Steve. “Geographies of Identity — with Dr. Peter V. Hall” Below the Radar, SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, July 12, 2022. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/180-a-city-in-transit.html

In this episode of “Through the Human Geography Lens”, hosts Terri Ryan and Gwyneth Holt sit down with Marie Urban of Oak Ridge National Laboratory. 02:20 Role at Oak Ridge (Group Lead for Human Geography) 04:30 LANDSCAN to understand populations and population movements. 05:50 Population assessment methodologies, proxies, and gap-fillers. 08:50 Prior technical methods and the iterative changes from 10-meter resolution to now. 11:10 Three types of LANDSCAN data sets. 13:20 Specific data fusion requirements for seamless integration 15:02 Trends in population movement during the COVID lockdown. Sparks, Kevin, et al. “Shifting Temporal Dynamics of Human Mobility in the United States” Journal of Transport Geography, vol. 99, 2022, p. 1. https://www-sciencedirect-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/science/article/pii/S0966692322000187 16:50 Open Access to LANDSCAN Global, LANDSCAN USA, and LANDSCAN HD data (through the efforts of Amy Rose at ORNL) https://landscan.ornl.gov/ 20:15 Earlier WWHGD “Boundaries” event at Columbia University --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/wwhgd-support/message

Guest Name: Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Professor in Transport Geography, Language: English, Publication date: Jan, 18th. 2022 Jean-Paul Rodrigue received a Ph.D. in Transport Geography from the Université de Montréal (1994) and has been at Hofstra University since 1999, initially at the Department of Economics & Geography and then at the Department of Global Studies & Geography. Dr. Rodrigue sits on the international editorial board of the Journal of Transport Geography, the Journal of Shipping and Trade, the Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics, and the Cahiers Scientifiques du Transport. Dr. Rodrigue was a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on the Future of Manufacturing (2011-2016). In 2013, the US Secretary of Transportation appointed Dr. Rodrigue to sit on the Advisory Board of the US Merchant Marine Academy, a position he held until 2018. Dr. Rodrigue has authored 5 books, 32 book chapters, more than 60 peer-reviewed papers, numerous reports, and delivered more than 150 conferences and seminar presentations, mostly at the international level. Another his new book (With Co-authors: Theo Notteboom, Athanasios Pallis) "Port Economics, Management and Policy" just been released this year. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the contemporary port industry, showing how ports are organized to serve the global economy and support regional and local development. Learn more here. Here are some of the highlights from the podcast: What are the major trends in e-commerce industry for the last five years, particularly in the U.S and worldwide? What exciting development of logistics footprint do you see in the future? The footprint of retail sector is shifting from commercially-accessible locations toward the transportation-accessible location. Tell me a bit about it? What are the key factors that determine the success of Amazon's logistics network? Connect with him on Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-paul-rodrigue-30780511/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bicarasupplychain/message

Car share is a subscription service for cars. It allows users to drive a car, without owning a car. The city of Melbourne, Australia, plays host to over 1,500 shared vehicles which operate as part of commercial fleets or peer-to-peer (privately owned) vehicles. But the benefits of car share go beyond those to the individual (flexibility and cost savings from registration, fuel and the capital cost of cars). At a societal level, car share also benefits cities by reducing parking demand and congestion. But what is the role of car share in the transport system? How does it serve the mobility needs of its users and provide an alternative to car ownership? Taru’s research aimed to help different levels of Government in Victoria understand how car share was affecting mobility choices and thus its role in supporting the State’s transport and sustainability objectives. “Public transport is great, but not having a car on weekends when you want to travel different places can be frustrating, and that’s what the role of car share was.” To gain this understanding, Taru’s project pursued three objectives: exploring trends in usage and availability of care share, understanding car share impacts on travel behaviour; and gaining an understanding of the psycho-social motives and barriers for care share use. Interviews of car share users also revealed five types of users. Importantly, two of the user groups – the car aspirers and car sellers – were characterised by changes in their car usage and ownership over the course of their car share membership. Taru emphasises the importance of major life events – a detail that often goes overlooked in purely quantitative studies. By limiting unnecessary trips, and limiting the acquisition of new cars, car share also contributes to a more efficient transport network. Taru’s research also identified an important role for Local Government in maximising uptake, retention of car share subscribers and stemming car ownership. Dr Jain emphasises the need for clear regulation and supportive policies so that operators can ensure widespread availability of car share vehicles, emphasising the importance of providing car share proximity to public transport. In doing so, governments will help maximise retention of car share subscribers and stem car ownership. Her work suggests that rather than being seen as a silver bullet to private car related problems, car share should be seen as part of a mobility ecosystem which encourages sustainable travel practices. This research has introduced Dr Jain to some useful frameworks for understanding behavioural motivations and enablers, which she explains with reference to the developing Corona virus pandemic and the behavioural responses seen in its midst. Taru’s publications can be accessed at the links below Jain, T., Johnson, M., & Rose, G. (2020). Exploring the process of travel behaviour change and mobility trajectories associated with car share adoption. Travel Behaviour and Society, 18, 117–131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2019.10.006 Jain, T., Wang, X., Rose, G., & Johnson, M. (2018). Does the role of a bicycle share system in a city change over time? A longitudinal analysis of casual users and long-term subscribers. Journal of Transport Geography, 71, 45–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2018.06.023 Music from this episode is from https://www.purple-planet.com

Thème 3 : Le vélo. Episode 1 : Le vélo : ça roule sans piste ? Erigée en petite reine du déconfinement, la bicyclette se voit soudainement mise sur le devant de la scène. De nouvelles pistes cyclables temporaires sont tracées en une nuit, ouvrant la voie aux nouveaux cyclistes, qui, les collectivités l’espèrent, pourraient conserver durablement cette pratique. En effet, la recherche est unanime : les pistes cyclables sont une condition clé au développement de la pratique du vélo. Elles permettent à une variété d’usagers de se sentir en sécurité, améliorent l’efficacité du vélo et la qualité de son expérience d’usage en ville. Si les infrastructures cyclables sont un facteur clé, et feront d’ailleurs l’objet d’un épisode dédié de Lost in Transportation, il serait néanmoins trompeur de résumer la pratique du vélo à ces seules voies réservées. Des questions bien plus générales conditionnent cette pratique : pour qui le vélo est-il attractif ? Dans quels contextes ? Avec quelles activités est-il compatible ? Comment la « culture vélo » varie-t-elle d’un pays à l’autre ? Bref, comment la pratique du vélo s’insère-t-elle dans la vie quotidienne ? Le lien entre vélos et modes de vie, pour une variété d’usagers et dans une variété de contextes, est discuté dans cet épisode qui a pour objectif de complexifier le discours autour des pistes cyclables. Avec Nicolas Louvet (directeur de 6t) et Marion Lagadic (chargée d'études chez 6t). --  Références Aldred, R. and K. Jungnickel (2014). "Why culture matters for transport policy: the case of cycling in the UK." Journal of Transport Geography 34(C): 78-87. Aldred, R., J. Woodcock and A. Goodman (2016). "Does More Cycling Mean More Diversity in Cycling?" Transport Reviews 36(1): 28-44. CERTU, 6t-bureau de recherche, EPFL (2010) « Et si les Français n’avaient plus seulement une voiture dans la tête ? Evolution de l’image des modes de transport (à partir de l’analyse de 19 Enquêtes Ménages Déplacements)» Lyon: Certu, https://www.cerema.fr/fr/centre-ressources/boutique/si-francais-n-avaient-plus-seulement-voiture-tete-0 Pucher, J. and R. Buehler (2012). City cycling. Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press. Ravensbergen, L. R. Buliung, and N. Laliberté (2019) "Toward feminist geographies of cycling." Geography Compass 13 (7): https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12461. Ravensbergen, L., R. Buliung and S. Sersli (2020). "Vélomobilities of care in a low-cycling city." Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 134: 336-347. Sersli, S., M. Gislason, N. Scott and M. Winters (2020). "Riding alone and together: Is mobility of care at odds with mothers' bicycling?" Journal of Transport Geography 83. STIF-OMNIL-DRIEA (2010). Enquête Globale Transport. WEF (2020). Global Gender Gap Report 2020. W. E. Forum. Geneva, World Economic Forum.

Topic:Urban Resilience Series – public transit that reflects your values Guest & Organization:Jarrett Walker is an international consultant in public transit network design and policy, with 25 years of experience planning public transit in North America, Europe, Russia, Australia, and New Zealand. His firm http://jarrettwalker.com/ (Jarrett Walker and Associates), based in Portland, Oregon, provides transit planning and executive advice to clients worldwide. He has worked in about 100 cities, including successful network redesign projects in Houston, Anchorage, Canberra, and Auckland. His firm is currently undertaking network design studies in Philadelphia and Dublin, among many others. He is a frequent keynote speaker, both at conferences and at events building a city’s interest and understanding of the public transit challenge. He is a well-known innovator in describing transit issues to the public, in building values-based policies and standards, and in running interactive design processes for transit plans.  His training programs range from executive workshops to two-day intensive courses. His book, http://islandpress.org/human-transit (Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives), was published by Island Press in 2011. The book offers an introduction to transit issues for the average reader, designed to help anyone form clearer views that reflect their own values. In addition to his consulting, teaching, and speaking, he writes about public transit issues at HumanTransit.org. Practically interested in an impractical number of fields, he is probably the only person with peer-reviewed articles in both the Journal of Transport Geography and Shakespeare Quarterly. Resources: http://jarrettwalker.com/ (Jarrett Walker and Associates) http://humantransit.org/ (HumanTransit.org) http://islandpress.org/human-transit (Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives) https://islandpress.org/urban-resilience-project (Island Press Urban Resilience Project) Download the Island Press APP! Learn more about the APP https://islandpress.org/get-our-app (here), and find it on https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.islandpress.islandpressdiscoveryapp (Google Play) and https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/island-press/id1251388048?mt=8 (Apple App Store)!

Sven Müller ist Professor für Verkehrsbetriebswirtschaft im Studiengang Verkehrssystemmanagement an der HTW hier in Karlsruhe. Im Rahmen seiner Promotion an der TU Dresden in der Gruppe von Knut Haase begann er der Frage nachzugehen, welche Faktoren die Verkehrsmittelwahl für den Schulweg beeinflussen. Hintergrund dieser Frage war, dass zu der Zeit in Dresden die Schließung von Schulstandorten heiß diskutiert wurde. Die Notwendigkeit von Schulschließungen war dabei nicht umstritten, jedoch welche konkrete Variante die für alle beste Lösung darstellen würde. Hier war die Diskussion emotional stark aufgeladen, d.h. ein Modell, das bei der Planung des Schulnetzes für objektive Informationen sorgt, wäre ganz besonders hilfreich. Am besten mit klaren Empfehlungen für optimale Lösungen in Bezug auf Schulwege und deren Kosten. Der naheliegende und auch herkömmliche Indikator für so ein Modell ist eine Distanzminimierung. Dadurch lassen sich objektive Aussagen zu minimalen Transportkosten für die Schüler ermitteln. Jedoch stellte sich schnell heraus, dass verlässliche Aussagen dazu fehlten, welche Verkehrsmittel die Schüler anteilig wählen und wieso. Ebenso welche Schulen die Schüler selbst wählen würden und wieso. Deshalb war ein wichtiger Ausgangspunkt für das Forschungsthema eine sehr groß angelegte Schüler-Befragung, die von den Studierenden im Rahmen eines Seminares geplant und durchgeführt wurde. Durch das große Engagement war die Stichprobe schließlich sehr groß. Es wurden dabei Fragebögen in fast allen Schulen verteilt und die Ergebnisse in einer selbst konzipierten Datenbank gesammelt - gut aufbereitet für eine anschließende Auswertung und Optimierung. So war es möglich, aus diesen Daten Prognosen zur Verkehrsmittelwahl in Abhängigkeit von Distanz und Verkehrsmitteloptionen zu erstellen und über verschiedene Schließungsszenarien eine optimale Verteilung der Schulen (in Bezug auf Kosten für die Stadt) zu ermitteln. All das floß auch in die Promotion von Sven Müller ein. Als wichtiges Problem für die mathematische Behandlung der Optimierung erwies sich, dass die Optimierungslösung auf die Daten zurückwirkt. Das führt auf ein dynamisches Problem, das mit herkömmlichen Methoden nicht behandelt werden kann. Auch bei der ÖPNV-Planung von optimierten Liniennetzen tritt das Problem auf: Kürzere Reisezeiten und mehr Direktverbindungen führen z.B. zu einem höheren Fahrgastaufkommen. Mathematisch ausgedrückt heißt das die Nebenbedingungen werden dynamisch und das Problem wird in der Regel nichtlinear. Betriebliche Problemstellungen haben oft ein ähnliches Problem, d.h. die Daten bleiben nicht fix sondern sind abhängig von der gefundenen Lösung. Ein wichtiges Teilergebnis des Forschungsvorhabens von Sven Müller ist eine exakte lineare Reformulierung für das ursprünglich nicht-lineare Optimierungsmodell. Ein weiteres grundsätzliches Problem ist, dass die Nutzenfunktion hinreichend genau beobachtet werden müsste. Ideal wäre es, wenn nur noch weißes Rauschen im Störterm berücksichtigt werden muss, d.h. alle zufälligen Anteile sind wirklich nur zufällig und unverbunden mit den beobachteten Daten. Das ist in der Realität leider nicht möglich und so führen nicht beobachtete Anteile zu Kovarianzen im Modell, die nicht null sind. Anders ausgedrückt, ist der stochastische Anteil nicht nur weißes Rauschen. Nebenbei gewann er noch einige andere Erkenntnisse. Z.B. ist es für die Prognose der Fahrradnutzung nicht ausreichend, die Distanz als Maß zu nehmen, da es bergauf- bzw. bergab gehen kann und das für die Entscheidung mindestens ebenso wichtig ist wie die Entfernung. Dieser Frage geht er zur Zeit auch mit seinen Studierenden im Studiengang Verkehrssystemmanagement an der HTW nach. Zwei weitere Themen, an denen Sven Müller zur Zeit arbeitet, weil sich gute Anknüpfungspunkte aus den eben geschilderten neuen Optimierungsstrategien bieten, sind z.B. die Versorgungsplanung in der Medizin und die Planung der Pilgerströme in Mekka.Genauer gesagt geht es bei der Versorgungsplanung um Vorsorgeprogramme (Prävention). Durch eine hohe Attraktivität des Angebots soll erreicht werden, das möglichst viele Patienten freiwillig teilnehmen. Auch hier ist die gute Erreichbarkeit der Ärzte wichtig, aber auch ihre Attraktivität. Es gilt abzuwägen, wie viele Ärzte an dem Präventionsprogramm mit welcher Kapazität teilnehmen sollen. Einerseits aus Kostengründen natürlich möglichst wenige. Aber andererseits ist gerade die kurze Wartezeit auf einen Termin ein Garant dafür, dass der Termin auch wahrgenommen wird. Somit führt die Optimierung wieder auf ein dynamisches Problem. Viele Standorte führen zu kurzen Wegen und weniger "no shows". Aber viele Untersuchungen bei einem Arzt stärken seine Kompetenz - verlängern aber die zu erwartende Wartezeit. Leider führt das außerdem auf ein nicht konvexes Optimierungsproblem, d.h. die Existenz von Optima folgt nicht mit traditionellen Methoden (bei denen ist Konvexität eine zentrale Voraussetzung). In Mekka sind während einer reicht kurzen Zeit etwa 2-5 Millionen Pilger unterwegs, um Rituale durchzuführen wie die Umkreisung der Kaaba und die symbolische Steinigung des Teufels an drei Säulen. Um das Risiko von Zwischenfällen, bei denen in der Vergangenheit schon hunderte von Todesopfern zu beklagen waren, zu senken, wird das Verhalten der Pilger modelliert in Bezug auf Geschwindigkeit und Dichte. Anschließend werden rund 2 Millionen Pilger, Routen zugewiesen, die so berechnet sind, dass alle Routen möglichst kreuzungsfrei sind. Weiterhin erhalten die Pilger fest zugewiesene Steinigungszeiten, so dass die erwarteten Dichten möglichst unkritisch sind. Der Einfluss von bestimmten Fehlern, wie z.B. falsch gesetzte Zäune oder falsch interpretierte Anweisungen kann dabei nicht völlig ausgeschlossen werden und wird als Risikofaktor in der Auslastung der Routen berücksichtigt. Die Studierenden im Studiengang Verkehrssystemmanagement an der Hochschule Karlsruhe - Wirtschaft und Technik sind hier an forderster Forschungsfront dabei. Z.B. mit Experimenten zu Fußgänger-Verhalten. Denn auch hier ist eine gute Datenlage der Schlüssel zum Erfolg. Literatur und weiterführende Informationen S. Müller e.a.: Travel-to-school mode choice modelling and patterns of school choice in urban areas, Journal of Transport Geography 16 (2008) 342–357 S. Müller: Bildungsstandorte und demographischer Wandel, STANDORT 34 (2010) 6–10 S. Müller e.a: Exposing Unobserved Spatial Similarity: Evidence from German School Choice Data, Geographical Analysis 44 (2012) 65–86 K. Haase, S. Müller: Management of school locations allowing for free school choice, Omega 41 (2013) 847–855 K. Haase, S. Müller: Insights into clients’ choice in preventive health care facility location planning , OR Spectrum 37 (2015) 273-291 K. Haase e.a.: Improving Pilgrim Safety During the Hajj: An Analytical and Operational Research Approach Interfaces 46 (2016) 74-90

Jean-Paul Rodrigue received a Ph.D. in Transport Geography from the Université de Montréal (1994) and has been a professor at Hofstra University since 1999. Dr. Rodrigue's research interests mainly cover the fields of transportation and economics as they relate to logistics and global freight distribution. Specific topics over which he has published extensively cover maritime transport systems and logistics, global supply chains and production networks, gateways and transport corridors. He has authored five books, 25 book chapters, more than 40 peer reviewed papers, numerous reports, and delivered more than 135 conferences and seminar presentations, mostly at the international level. Dr. Rodrigue developed a widely used online reference source about transportation which became a textbook, The Geography of Transport Systems, with its third edition published in June 2013. He is also on the international editorial board of the Journal of Transport Geography and the Cahiers Scientifiques du Transport, acts as the Van Horne Researcher in Transportation and Logistics (University of Calgary). He is a member of the PortEconomics.eu initiative regrouping the world’s leading maritime transport academics and performs advisory and consulting assignments for international organizations and corporations. Dr. Rodrigue is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Advanced Manufacturing (2011-2013). In 2013, the US Secretary of Transportation appointed Dr. Rodrigue to sit on the Advisory Board of the US Merchant Marine Academy. The container, like any technical innovation, has a functional (within transport chains) and geographical diffusion potential where a phase of maturity is eventually reached. Evidence from the global container port system suggests five main successive waves of containerization with a shift of the momentum from advanced economies to developing economies, but also within specific regions. These waves are illustrative of major macroeconomic, technological and sometimes political shifts within the global economy. Containerization has therefore a cyclic behavior and that inflection points are eventually reached, marking the end of the diffusion of containerization in a specific port or port range. Future expectations about the growth of containerization thus need to be assessed within an economic cycle perspective instead of the rather linear perspectives.

Markus Hesse is Professor of urban studies at the University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Humanities, with the Geography and Spatial Planning research centre. With an academic background in geography and spatial planning, he published widely in the field of urban and regional development, economic and social geography and, more recently, on housing issues and metropolitan regions. Recent publications include ‘The City as a Terminal. The Urban Context of Logistics and Freight Distribution’ (2008, with Ashgate Publishers, Aldershot/UK) and the forthcoming ‘Cities, Regions and Flows’ (2012, co-edited with Peter V. Hall, published with Routledge Publishers, Oxford/UK), also a variety of peer-reviewed articles on reurbanisation, metropolitan regions and suburban developments. Markus Hesse’s research is concerned with principles of urban and regional development (particularly patterns of urbanisation and sub-urbanisation), European urban development and policy, and the significance of global flows and mobilities for cities and regions. Developments and conflicts in Luxembourg and the Greater Region are subject of his research as well. Markus Hesse is elected member of the German Academy of Spatial Research and Planning (ARL), active in working groups of the German Society for Geography, member of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) and fellow of the Royal Geographic Society with the British Institute of Geographers (RGS with IBG). He serves as a member of the Editorial Board of the ‘Journal of Transport Geography’ and of ‘European Spatial Research and Policy’, also as referee for numerous academic and planning journals. In 2010, he was appointed as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), Bonn, Germany.

Markus Hesse is Professor of urban studies at the University of Luxembourg, Faculty of Humanities, with the Geography and Spatial Planning research centre. With an academic background in geography and spatial planning, he published widely in the field of urban and regional development, economic and social geography and, more recently, on housing issues and metropolitan regions. Recent publications include ‘The City as a Terminal. The Urban Context of Logistics and Freight Distribution’ (2008, with Ashgate Publishers, Aldershot/UK) and the forthcoming ‘Cities, Regions and Flows’ (2012, co-edited with Peter V. Hall, published with Routledge Publishers, Oxford/UK), also a variety of peer-reviewed articles on reurbanisation, metropolitan regions and suburban developments. Markus Hesse’s research is concerned with principles of urban and regional development (particularly patterns of urbanisation and sub-urbanisation), European urban development and policy, and the significance of global flows and mobilities for cities and regions. Developments and conflicts in Luxembourg and the Greater Region are subject of his research as well. Markus Hesse is elected member of the German Academy of Spatial Research and Planning (ARL), active in working groups of the German Society for Geography, member of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) and fellow of the Royal Geographic Society with the British Institute of Geographers (RGS with IBG). He serves as a member of the Editorial Board of the ‘Journal of Transport Geography’ and of ‘European Spatial Research and Policy’, also as referee for numerous academic and planning journals. In 2010, he was appointed as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), Bonn, Germany.