Transportation Geography and Network Science

Table of contents

Underground, London

Introductory Material

• About
• Introduction
• What can Transportation Geography and Network Science teach each other?

Graphs

• Algorithms
• Graph theory

Characterizing Networks

• Characterizing Graphs (including Completeness)
• Accessibility
• Mobility
• Centrality
• Reliability
• Resilience
• Vulnerability
• Circuity
• Scaling and size
• Topology [1]
• Hierarchy
• Morphology
• Legibility
• Space syntax
• Network grammars
• Connectivity

Network topologies

• Random graphs [2]
• Small-world network [3]
• Scale-free network [4]
• Hub and spoke network

Network technologies

• Modal selection
• Road networks
• Public transit networks
• Freight rail networks
• Pipeline networks
• Electric grid
• Social networks

Flows and Walks

• Flows on Networks
• Spatial Interaction
• Agglomeration

Evolving Networks

• Network formation
• Network growth models
• Network design problem (NDP)
• Network adaptability
• Network flexibility

Networks and Travel Behavior

• Transportation networks and travel behavior
• Telecommunications networks and travel behavior
• Social networks and travel behavior
• Wayfinding

Networks and biology

• Networks and animal behavior
• Epidemics on networks
• Circulatory system
• Neuronal networks

Conclusions

• Conclusions

Related Wikibooks

• Fundamentals of Transportation
• Transportation Economics

Useful Off-site Resources

• SONG: Simulator of Network Growth
• SONIC: Simulator of Network Incremental Connection
• CLUSTER: Clustered Location of Urban Services, Transport, and Economic Resources
• ABODE: Agent Based Origin Destination Estimator