Population Loss: The Role of Transportation and Other Issues

At heart, transportation policy and research are about people: connecting individuals and the places they live, ensuring sufficient and equitable access, and facilitating movement. Whether at the regional, city, or neighborhood scale, the loss of population presents unique challenges where transport is concerned. It is not only about preservation of existing access, but possibly even a question of increased need for connectivity and mobility. Demographic changes that accompany depopulation--aging for example-- also impact existing systems, preferences, and needs.

1. Transportation Where People Leave: An Introduction Rachel S. Franklin, Eveline S. van Leeuwen and Antonio Paez 2. Air Transport Accessibility Changes in Depopulating European States Aisling Reynolds-Feighan 3. The Potential of a Mobility-as-a-Service Platform in a Depopulating Area in the Netherlands: An Exploration of Small and Big Data Karst T. Geurs, Konstantinos Gkiotsalitis, Tiago Fioreze, Gideon Visser and Mettina Veenstra 4. Evaluating Relative Accessibility to Retail in Depopulated Areas: Case Study of the Maestrazgo Region in Spain Julio A. Soria-Lara, Aldo Arranz-López and Ricardo Badía-Lázaro 5. Older Drivers in Rural Areas: Implications for Health, Social Inclusion and Caregiving K. Bruce Newbold, Anastassios Dardas and Allison Williams 6. Adapting Transport Related Innovations to Rural Needs: Smart Mobility and the Example of the Heinsberg Region, Germany Sophia Gross-Fengels and Martina Fromhold-Eisebith 7. Change Versus Decline: The Suburbanization of Jobs in U.S. Shrinking Cities Joanna Ganning 8. Commuting Behavior and Local Population Loss: Means of Transportation to Work as an Indicator of Urban Decline Christopher Graziul, Eric Seymour and Daniel Schleith