Transport geography

Transportation geography is the branch of geography that describes the spatial aspects of interactions between humans and their use of vehicles or other modes of travelling. It is a branch of Urban geography.

Transport and urban geography are closely intertwined, with the concept of ribbon development being closely aligned to urban and transport studies. As humans increasingly seek to travel the world, the relationship between transport and urban areas have often become obscured.

Transportation geography measures the result of human activity between and within locations. It focuses on items such as travel time, routes undertaken, modes of transport, resource use and sustainability of transport types on the natural environment. Other sections consider topography, safety aspects of vehicle use and energy use within an individual's or group's journey.

See also

• Human geography
• Planning
• Urban geography
• Economics
• Resource