JTLU Volume 4, No. 2 (2011)

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Table of Contents:
  • The coevolution of transport and land use: An introduction to the Special Issue and an outline of a research agenda, pp. 1-3
  • The impact of access to rail transportation on agricultural improvement: The American Midwest as a test case, 1850–1860, pp. 5-18
  • Developing densely Estimating the effect of subway growth on New York City land uses, pp. 19-32
  • Montréal’s roots: Exploring the growth of Montréal’s Indoor City, pp. 33-46
  • Does first last? The existence and extent of first mover advantages on spatial networks, pp. 47-69

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      The coevolution of transport and land use: An introduction to the Special Issue and an outline of a research agenda
      (Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2011) Levinson, David
      This article introduces vol. 4, no. 2 issue of Journal of Transport and Land Use. This issue focuses on coevolution: how transport drives changes in land use, and vice versa. The issue contains four research articles, examining different geographies, eras, and technologies. These papers present new findings, but as good science should, raise new questions, and help us set a research agenda to better understand the coevolution of transport and land use.
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      Does first last? The existence and extent of first mover advantages on spatial networks
      (Journal of Transport and Land Use, 2011) Levinson, David; Xie, Feng
      This paper examines the nature of first-mover advantages in the deployment of spatially differentiated surface transport networks. A number of factors explaining the existence of first-mover advantages have been identified in the literature; however, the questions of whether these factors exist in spatial networks, and of how they play out with true capital immobility have remained unanswered. By examining empirical examples of commuter rail and the Underground in London, first-mover advantage is observed and its sources explored. A model of network diffusion is then constructed to replicate the growth of surface transport networks, making it possible to analyze first-mover advantage in a controlled environment. Simulation experiments are conducted, and Spearman rank correlation tests reveal that first-mover advantages can exist in a surface transport network and can become increasingly prominent as the network expands. In addition, the analysis discloses that the extent of first-mover advantages may relate to the initial land use distribution and network redundancy. The sensitivity of simulation results to model parameters are also examined.