By Alex Jackman, RGS-IBG As lockdown rules and social distancing restrictions start to ease around the world, more workplaces, schools and businesses are beginning to reopen. Geographers are now working to understand changing patterns of … More
Tag: transport
Gridlock: GIS in transport planning
By Joseph J. Bailey (@josephjbailey), University of Nottingham, UK. “It is not hyperbole to state that we are witnessing a … More
Content Alert: Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 37, Issue 4 (October 2012) is Available Online Now
Volume 37, Issue 4 Pages 477– 657, October 2012 The latest issue of Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers is available … More
Trainspaces: Shaping Transnational Spaces
by Fiona Ferbrache This week I write from Germany and a media event to mark the 40th anniversary of the … More
When is a ‘map’ not a map? When it’s a Sat Nav!
By Stephen Axon, Janet Speake and Kevin Crawford The rapid popularisation and extensive distribution of Sat Nav technologies represents the … More
It’s a car’s world…
By Rosa Mas Giralt Motor cars have become one of the most common private means of transport in today’s world … More
Sustainable commuting
I-Hsien Porter In a paper in Area, Chris Banister and Nick Gallent analysed trends in commuting using census data from … More
75 Years of ‘L’-Plates: The Geographies of Driving
Sarah Mills This month marks the 75th anniversary of the compulsory driving test in Britain. Commenting on the event, road … More
