Xie, FengLevinson, David M2016-05-022016-05-022009Xie, Feng and David Levinson (2009) Modeling the Growth of Transportation Networks: A comprehensive review. Networks and Spatial Economics 9(3) 291-307.https://hdl.handle.net/11299/179982This paper reviews the progress that has been made over the last half-century in modeling and analyzing the growth of transportation networks. An overview of studies has been provided following five main streams: network growth in transport geography; traffic flow, transportation planning, and network growth; statistical analyses of network growth; economics of network growth; and network science. In recognition of the vast advances through decades in terms of explor- ing underlying growth mechanisms and developing effective network growth models, the authors also point out the challenges that are faced to model the complex process of transport development.enNetwork growth, Transport economics, Incremental connectionArticlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11067-007-9037-4