ABSTRACT
Transport systems are dynamic systems adding additional complexity. The purpose of geographic transport modeling can be interpreted as simplifying this complexity in a way that captures the essence of transport problems. The map shows that the city center dominates transport patterns in the region, suggesting policies should be prioritized there, although a number of peripheral sub-centers can also be seen. Nodes in geographic transport data are zero-dimensional features among the predominantly one-dimensional features that comprise the network. Transport networks can be represented as graphs, in which each segment is connected to one or more other edges in the network. Transport systems operate at multiple interacting levels, meaning that geocomputational methods have great potential to generate insights into how they work. Transport is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in many countries, and is set to become “the largest GHG emitting sector, especially in developed countries”.
