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TGRG: Transport Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers
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TGRG: Transport Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers The activities of the TGRG are organized by a committee which meets regularly throughout the year. Committee members are drawn predominantly from a number of UK institutions and are elected at the Group’s AGM which is held annually at the RGS-IBG Conference. In January 1996. Jose Smith (Salford) was elected Chairman until 1999, and her place as Secretary was taken by Brian Graham (Ulster). Developing an international dimension is also one of the main aims of the TGRG and the British-based committee is linked with a number of corresponding members. A recent addition to this Group is Professor William Black of the Department of Geography, Indiana University, who will be combining this role with that of Associate Editor, North America, of the Journal of Transport Geography. Professor Black was the TGRG’s guest at the recent Annual Conference of the RGS-IBG and the Group looks forward to further links with its North American counterpart, the Transportation Geography Specialty Group (TGSG) of the Association of American Geographers. The Transportation Geography Specialty Group’s major meetings occur at the Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers. In April 1996, the meeting was held in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Group offered a strong transport contribution which included sessions on ‘Highway Transport’, ‘GIS and Transport’, ‘Applied Transport Geography’ and ‘Air Transport and Urban Functional Regions’. Susan Hanson
(Clark) gave the Douglas K Fleming Lecture in Transportation Geography entitled ‘Off the Road’. The TGSG also holds its annual business meeting at this conference, at which the Ullman Award for contributions to transportation geography and student research awards are made. The Group also produces a Newsletter, TGSGlobe, which is currently edited by Ronald C Sheck, (TGSG), c/o Centre for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR), University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue. ENB 118, Tampa, Florida, USA 33620-5350. The TGSG organizes some regional meetings and is currently considering possible topics for the next AAG Annual Conference to be held in April 1997 at Fort Worth, Texas. Further details of the Group and its activities are available from Ronald Sheck at the above address, or from Professor Black, Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 6101 USA.
Calls for papers Transport Deregulation Privatization
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The TGRG is organizing a full-day session during the RGS-IBG Annual Conference at the University of Exeter in January 1997, based on the theme: ‘Transport Deregulation and Privatisation’. This session is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 8 January. The central purpose is to provide a critical profile of the recent evolution, and current status and implications of deregulation and privatization in trans-
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port systems. Papers could also consider the merits or otherwise of continued regulation and intervention in transport policy and management. The session should form a review of progress in both empirical and theoretical research on this fast-changing and contested dimension of transport geography. It is hoped that a range of transport modes will be represented. Although contemporary British cases are likely to be prominent, comparative experience from elsewhere in Europe or beyond would be welcome. Some input from transport practitioners is also being sought. For further details, contact Clive Charlton or Richard Gibb, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK. Tel: 01752 233072/3; fax: 01752 233054; email: ccharlton @ plymouth.ac.uk
Postgraduate Seminar Following the success of the 1995 Postgraduate Seminar, the TGRG is organizing a second seminar for students undertaking research in transport geography. The seminar will be held at the RGS-IBG Headquarters, 1 Kensington Gore, London on 18 September. There will be no overall transport theme for the day as papers are welcome from all postgraduate researchers working in transport and related fields. It is hoped that papers will include important methodological as well as contextual topics. Overall, the emphasis will be on an informal atmosphere in which ideas can be tested. the aim being
150 to provide preparation for more formal presentations. The intention is to publish the seminar papers as Working Papers and the RGS-IBG has allocated a small grant for this purpose. Financial assistance with travel costs should also be available. For further details, please contact Dr Brian Turton, Department of GeoUniversity, Keele, graphy y Keele
TGRG
Staffordshire ST5 SBG, UK. Tel: 01782 583160/583168; fax: 01782 584144. The Impact of New Urban Transport Systems A joint meeting of the Transport Geography Research Group and the Universities’ Transport Study Group will be held at the RGS-IBG Head-
quarters, 1 Kensington Gore, London on 19 September. Further information is available from Professor M Browne, Transport Studies Group, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 SLS, UK. Tel.: 0171 911 5000, fax: 0171 911 5057. Jose’ Smith TGRG Chairman
of
Trarrrporr Geography Vol. 4, No. 2. pp. IJY-150. IYYh Published by Ekvier Saence Ltd. Printed in Great Britain oYhhdY23/Y6 $lS.Ml + o.wl
TGRG: Transport Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers The activities of the TGRG are organized by a committee which meets regularly throughout the year. Committee members are drawn predominantly from a number of UK institutions and are elected at the Group’s AGM which is held annually at the RGS-IBG Conference. In January 1996. Jose Smith (Salford) was elected Chairman until 1999, and her place as Secretary was taken by Brian Graham (Ulster). Developing an international dimension is also one of the main aims of the TGRG and the British-based committee is linked with a number of corresponding members. A recent addition to this Group is Professor William Black of the Department of Geography, Indiana University, who will be combining this role with that of Associate Editor, North America, of the Journal of Transport Geography. Professor Black was the TGRG’s guest at the recent Annual Conference of the RGS-IBG and the Group looks forward to further links with its North American counterpart, the Transportation Geography Specialty Group (TGSG) of the Association of American Geographers. The Transportation Geography Specialty Group’s major meetings occur at the Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers. In April 1996, the meeting was held in Charlotte, North Carolina and the Group offered a strong transport contribution which included sessions on ‘Highway Transport’, ‘GIS and Transport’, ‘Applied Transport Geography’ and ‘Air Transport and Urban Functional Regions’. Susan Hanson
(Clark) gave the Douglas K Fleming Lecture in Transportation Geography entitled ‘Off the Road’. The TGSG also holds its annual business meeting at this conference, at which the Ullman Award for contributions to transportation geography and student research awards are made. The Group also produces a Newsletter, TGSGlobe, which is currently edited by Ronald C Sheck, (TGSG), c/o Centre for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR), University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue. ENB 118, Tampa, Florida, USA 33620-5350. The TGSG organizes some regional meetings and is currently considering possible topics for the next AAG Annual Conference to be held in April 1997 at Fort Worth, Texas. Further details of the Group and its activities are available from Ronald Sheck at the above address, or from Professor Black, Department of Geography, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 6101 USA.
Calls for papers Transport Deregulation Privatization
and
The TGRG is organizing a full-day session during the RGS-IBG Annual Conference at the University of Exeter in January 1997, based on the theme: ‘Transport Deregulation and Privatisation’. This session is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 8 January. The central purpose is to provide a critical profile of the recent evolution, and current status and implications of deregulation and privatization in trans-
149
port systems. Papers could also consider the merits or otherwise of continued regulation and intervention in transport policy and management. The session should form a review of progress in both empirical and theoretical research on this fast-changing and contested dimension of transport geography. It is hoped that a range of transport modes will be represented. Although contemporary British cases are likely to be prominent, comparative experience from elsewhere in Europe or beyond would be welcome. Some input from transport practitioners is also being sought. For further details, contact Clive Charlton or Richard Gibb, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK. Tel: 01752 233072/3; fax: 01752 233054; email: ccharlton @ plymouth.ac.uk
Postgraduate Seminar Following the success of the 1995 Postgraduate Seminar, the TGRG is organizing a second seminar for students undertaking research in transport geography. The seminar will be held at the RGS-IBG Headquarters, 1 Kensington Gore, London on 18 September. There will be no overall transport theme for the day as papers are welcome from all postgraduate researchers working in transport and related fields. It is hoped that papers will include important methodological as well as contextual topics. Overall, the emphasis will be on an informal atmosphere in which ideas can be tested. the aim being
150 to provide preparation for more formal presentations. The intention is to publish the seminar papers as Working Papers and the RGS-IBG has allocated a small grant for this purpose. Financial assistance with travel costs should also be available. For further details, please contact Dr Brian Turton, Department of GeoUniversity, Keele, graphy y Keele
TGRG
Staffordshire ST5 SBG, UK. Tel: 01782 583160/583168; fax: 01782 584144. The Impact of New Urban Transport Systems A joint meeting of the Transport Geography Research Group and the Universities’ Transport Study Group will be held at the RGS-IBG Head-
quarters, 1 Kensington Gore, London on 19 September. Further information is available from Professor M Browne, Transport Studies Group, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 SLS, UK. Tel.: 0171 911 5000, fax: 0171 911 5057. Jose’ Smith TGRG Chairman