Conference Report and Viewpoint Teaching transport geography: American Association

The issue of teaching transport geography at the undergraduate level has rarely been the focus of much discussion, although geographical education itself has received a lot of attention. 1 Over the last 40 years, transport geography has been part of the curriculum of many geography programs, providing a significant contribution, both conceptually and methodologically. Indeed, many spatial theories are relying on the concepts of distance, mobility and accessibility, perspectives on which transport geography offers a solid background. More recently, transportation networks and spatial or-ganization issues have been notable contributions by the discipline to understand contemporary economic and social processes. With these issues in mind a panel on teaching trans-port geography was jointly organized by Frederick Stut