This project was initially funded by Industry Canada (1997-98) NoteMakers: Development of World Wide Web-Based Post-Secondary Education Courses. Funding was also provided by the Centre for Research on Transportation of Université de Montréal. Web server provided by Hofstra University. It was formally known as "Transport Geography on the Web".The site has now become one of the most widely used transportation source on the Internet, averaging 40,000 unique visitors per month from almost every single country.

Since its inception in 1997 and coming online in 1998, this project has seen numerous changes and revisions. It is continuously being updated as new material becomes available. In 2001 substantial cosmetic changes were performed by using Cascading Style Sheets, which significantly improved web design and management. In 2006, sections of the site have been published by Routledge in the textbook titled "The Geography of Transport Systems". In 2008, the site celebrated its 10th anniversary and in 2009 the second edition of the textbook was published. Also, the site was upgraded with a revamped design, Dynamic Web Templates and streamlined CSS. 

Project Director

Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue

Dept. of Global Studies & Geography
Hofstra University
Hempstead, New York
11549 USA

Major Contributors

Dr. Claude Comtois

Dept. of Geography
Université de Montréal
C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville
Montreal, Quebec
Canada  H3C 3J7

Dr. Brian Slack

Dept. of Geography
Concordia University
1400 de Maisonneuve W.
Montreal, Quebec
Canada  H3G 1M8

Contributors

Dr. Jean Andrey
Dept. of Geography
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada N2L 3G1

Dr. John Bowen
Department of Geography & Urban Planning
University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
800 Algoma Blvd
Oshkosh, WI
54901 USA

Dr. Markus Hesse
University of Luxembourg
Faculté des Lettres, des Sciences Humaines, des Arts et des Sciences de l'Education
Route de Diekirch L-7220
Walferdange Luxemburg

Todd Alexander Litman
Director, Victoria Transport Policy Institute
1250 Rudlin Street
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada  V8V 3R7

Dr. Theo Notteboom
Institute of Transport and Maritime Management Antwerp
University of Antwerp
Keizerstraat 64, B-2000
Antwerp, Belgium

Dr. Shih-Lung Shaw
Dept. of Geography
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
37996-0925 USA

Assistants

Patrick Coulombe, Interface and programming (1998 version)

Marie-Claude Bourgie, Jodi Coleman, Nancy Dansereau, Louise Dery, Daniel Gagnon, Nadim Hashim, Marc André Lavigne, Murray Lister, Daniel Oliver, Stephanie Pollard, Julien-Claude Racette, Anne Samson, Craig Shillabeer, Mathieu St. Georges.

Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue

Dr. Claude Comtois

Dr. Brian Slack