Transportation and Networks
The importance of Transportation Infrastructure for Economic Growth
  • Public Transportation Subsidies
  • Effects of the Withdrawal of Transport Services
  • Locational Inertia of Transportation Routes

Transportation Networks

Networks as graphs

Network Shape

Location of Routes

Minimum Distance Networks

Connectivity

Accessiblity

  • Binary connectivity matrix
  • Shortest Path connectivity matrix.

Assignment for Next TIme

Read pp. 310-322 Come to class with a basic understanding of the following concepts: transport costs, terminal costs, line-haul costs, Economies of the long haul, Stepped freight rates, Loading and packaging costs curvilinear line-haul costs, elasticity of demand, carrier competition and backhauling, hub and spoke networks.

 

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