Based on a new modernity theory of sociology, the followed intrinsic characteristics of transportation are discussed from the viewpoint of time-space distanciation: the limitation of space to the development of transportation, the unsymmetry between the supply and demand of transportation, the peculiarity of transportation's sustainable development among the infrastructures, the similarity in the course of transportation development, the complexity of modern transportation. Finally, the tendency of transportation development is prospected.


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    Title :

    Study on the Intrinsic Characteristics of Transportation


    Contributors:
    Wang, Yuanfeng (author) / Han, Bing (author) / Li, Xiaojun (author)

    Conference:

    International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies (ICTTS) 2002 ; 2002 ; Guilin, China



    Publication date :

    2002-07-10




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English