1. Exercises in Transport Geography

2. Application 1
Exercise: Network Analysis of Passenger Rail Service in Southern Ontario
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3. 1915 Passenger Rail Network, Southern Ontario
USA
Lake Huron 8 22
Lake Ontario 21 12 20 11 19 16 17 14
1- Windsor
2- Chatham
3- Sarnia
4- St. Thomas
5- London
6- Woodstock
7- Stratford
8- Owen Sound
9- Brantford
10- Galt
11- Kitchener
12- Guelph
13- Fort Erie
14- Niagara Falls
15- Welland
16- St. Catharines
17- Hamilton
18- Dundas
19- Burlington
20- Oakville
21- Brampton
22- Toronto 7 9 15 13 18 10 5 6 4
USA 3 2
Lake Erie
100 km 1
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4. 1966 Passenger Rail Network, Southern Ontario
USA
Lake Huron 8 21 22
Lake Ontario 12 20 11 19 16 17 14
1- Windsor
2- Chatham
3- Sarnia
4- St. Thomas
5- London
6- Woodstock
7- Stratford
8- Owen Sound
9- Brantford
10- Galt
11- Kitchener
12- Guelph
13- Fort Erie
14- Niagara Falls
15- Welland
16- St. Catharines
17- Hamilton
18- Dundas
19- Burlington
20- Oakville
21- Brampton
22- Toronto 7 9 15 13 18 5 10 6 4
USA 3 2
Lake Erie
100 km 1
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5. 2001 Passenger Rail Network, Southern Ontario
USA
Lake Huron 8 21 22
Lake Ontario 12 20 11 19 16 17 14
1- Windsor
2- Chatham
3- Sarnia
4- St. Thomas
5- London
6- Woodstock
7- Stratford
8- Owen Sound
9- Brantford
10- Galt
11- Kitchener
12- Guelph
13- Fort Erie
14- Niagara Falls
15- Welland
16- St. Catharines
17- Hamilton
18- Dundas
19- Burlington
20- Oakville
21- Brampton
22- Toronto 7 9 15 13 18 5 10 6 4
USA 3 2
Lake Erie
100 km 1
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6. Accessibility Problems
Application 1
Accessibility Problems
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7. Simple Geographic Accessibility Problems1 2 C A B B C D A D B D A B C A C D 3 4
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8. An Intermediate Geographic Accessibility ProblemF A B D
Proposed link E
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9. A Complex Geographic Accessibility ProblemD B F A E
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10. U Utopiaville F D E A B C H I J G K Population A - 500 B - 1500
Public Works
City Planning Service D E A B C H I J
The downtown area (places B, C, H and I) contains a number of one-ways. Dotted lines are the proposed ring road. Each link represents a driving time of 2 minutes.
Two way road
Ring road project
One way G K
Rev
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11. Introduction to a Route Selection Problem
Application 2
Introduction to a Route Selection Problem
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12. Multi-Criteria Decision-Thinking Process in Route Selection
R=f(C1,C2,C3,C4)
CONSTRAINTS C1
Physical C2
Environmental
Economic C3 C4
Political
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13. Pareto Optimality Tradeoff Curve
Least costs solution
Non-dominated solution
Dominated solution
Environmental impacts (minimize)
Unattainable solution corresponding to the optimal of both objectives
Least environmental impacts solution
Costs (minimize)
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14. Physical Constraints Finish Start +1 Million Dollars#
Finish
Start
+1 Million Dollars
+5 Million Dollars
Construction costs:
0.5 Million Dollars per mile
10 Miles
+3 Million Dollars
+2 Million Dollars
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15. Environmental Constraints#
Value of 1
Value of 5
Environmental damage:
0.25 per mile
10 Miles
Value of 3
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16. Economic Potential 90 70 60
110 90 20 90 30 # 40 # 20 20
130 20 20 80 20 80 20 30 30 60 50
Industrial development zone:
Subsidy of 5 million dollars
Area of influence and
Population (thousands)
10 Miles
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17. Political Constraints# #
Supportive city:
+3 million dollars
NIMBY:
-3 million dollars
10 Miles
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18. Composite Map See legends of specific maps 10 Miles #
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19. Exercise: The gravity Model
Application 3
Exercise: The gravity Model
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20. Gravity Model Exercise Basemap
Europe
North America
Asia
Latin America
Africa
Oceania
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21. Exercise: The Gini Coefficient
Application 4
Exercise: The Gini Coefficient
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22. World’s Airports, 1997 (top 10)
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23. Canadian Airports, 1996 (top 10)
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24. Linear Programming Exercise
Application 5
Linear Programming Exercise
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25. A Freight Distribution System6 10 5 X 8 3 C 9 D 3 B 3 5 A 4 7 3 11 9 10
The freight distribution system is composed of 5 stores and 4 warehouses. The distances are in kilometers. E 10 Z
Store
Warehouse
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