The Geography of Transport Systems, formally known as "Transport Geography on the Web", represents a project that has been ongoing for more than 12 years. It was initially funded by Industry Canada (1997-98) "NoteMakers: Development of World Wide Web-Based Post-Secondary Education Courses", but rapidly expanded well beyond its initial scope which was to provide basic multimedia information about transport geography. The site has now become one of the most widely used transportation source on the Internet, averaging about 100,000 unique visitors per month, mostly from private enterprises, government agencies and academic institutions. Its readership is excessively diverse with the United States (38%), the United Kingdom (9%), India (5%), Canada (5%) and Germany (4%) among the top five of a list of 212 countries or administrative units. As of August 2011, the Geography of Transport Systems has a Google Page Rank of 6, placing it among the world's top content providers.

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 and as web design technology evolves. 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. In 2010, the site was upgraded with a revamped design, Dynamic Web Templates and streamlined CSS. It totals more than 1,300 independent web pages.

Project Director

Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue

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

Major Contributors

Dr. Claude Comtois

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

Dr. Brian Slack

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

Contributors

Dr. William Anderson
Ontario Research Chair in Cross-Border Transportation Policy
Professor, Political Science
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
Canada N9B 3P4

Dr. John Bowen
Department of Geography
Central Washington University
400 E. University Way
Ellensburg, WA
98926 USA

Dr. Cesar Ducruet
CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
UMR 8504 Géographie-Cités, équipe P.A.R.I.S.
13 rue du Four, F-75006
Paris, France

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

Dr. Jean-Paul Rodrigue

Dr. Claude Comtois

Dr. Brian Slack