This dissertation explores transportation development and models the evolutionary growth of transportation networks … including its determining factors. In particular, it examines the organization of ownership in the provision of transportation … transportation networks as a discrete sequence of link additions over time. Both studies suggest that the deployment of a network has …

This study explores the topological evolution of surface transportation networks, using empirical evidence and a …

This study explores the economic mechanisms behind the decline of a surface transportation network, based on the …. Keywords: decline, transportation network, degeneration, welfare, accessibility …

in the spatial and temporal context. These measures can find their applications in urban planning and transportation …

transport networks. The literature on first mover advantages identifies a number of sources that explain their existence … surface transport networks, which enables first mover advantage to be analyzed in a controlled environment. Simulation … transport network and become increasingly prominent as the network expands. In addition, the analysis discloses that the extent …

This paper examines the nature of first mover advantages on spatially-differentiated surface transportation networks … was then constructed to replicate the growth of surface transportation networks incorporating idealized deployment …

were estimated at both a tract and block level using this data. It is found that, in contrast with transportation systems …