Transport Geography Research Group Page

摘要

40 years ago a small group of transport geography researchers secured the Institute of British Geographers' (IBG) approval for the creation of a limited life Transport Geography Working Group (TGWG) to provide a focus for research in this expanding sub-discipline. TGWG's first symposium was held 40 years ago this month at the IBG Annual Conference in Aberdeen in January 1972 convened by John Farrington with research papers from Peter Jones, Richard Knowles, Brian Turton, Pat White and Ian Wallace (Humphrys, 1972). Following a symposium on Passenger movement in the conurbation at the 1973 IBG Conference in Birmingham, TGWG decided to apply for full Study Group status which was granted by IBG in 1974 (Knowles, 1973).