AAG Transportation Geography Specialty Group

The mission of the Transportation Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers is to encourage and facilitate interactions among individuals who are interested in research, practice, and education of transportation-related topics.

All members of the AAG with an interest in transportation and transportation-related issues are encouraged to join the Transportation Geography Specialty Group. Annual dues are $10 for regular members ($2 for student members) in addition to the normal AAG dues. Information and forms are available on the AAG home page and the AAG Knowledge Community.

TGSG at AAG 2027

2027 Transportation Geography Specialty Group Awards

Call for Nomination and Applications

Deadline: November 15, 2026

We are pleased to invite nominations and applications for the 2027 Transportation Geography Specialty Group (TGSG) Awards. The TGSG is committed to advancing transportation geography, fostering the next generation of scholars, and recognizing outstanding contributions to our academic community. With a tradition spanning more than three decades, our annual awards have played an important role in promoting scholarship, recognizing academic excellence, and celebrating contributions to the field of transportation geography.

We warmly invite submissions and nominations for the following awards. Recipients will be recognized at the 2027 AAG Annual Meeting in New York City (February 8–12, 2027).

Edward L. Ullman Award: Established in 1990, the Edward L. Ullman Award is TGSG's most prestigious honor, recognizing a scholar's lifelong, field-shaping contributions to transportation geography. Named in honor of Edward L. Ullman (1912–1976), the award celebrates exceptional scholarly achievements, intellectual leadership, and service to the profession. The recipient will receive a plaque at the 2027 AAG Annual Meeting and, by tradition, be invited to deliver the Fleming Lecture in Transportation Geography at the 2028 AAG Annual Meeting.
- Eligibility: Scholars whose cumulative contributions have significantly advanced transportation geography and allied fields and who is or have been actively involved in TGSG and the AAG. Nominations are welcome from TGSG members and the broader community.
- Required documents (PDF format):
Outstanding Master's Thesis and PhD Dissertation Awards: These awards recognize outstanding graduate research in transportation geography. We welcome submissions addressing a broad range of transportation topics, including work by students who may not primarily identify as transportation geographers.
- Awards: Two awards of $250 each, one for an outstanding Master's thesis and one for an outstanding PhD dissertation. Recipients will also receive a plaque
- Eligibility: Theses and dissertations completed between Jan 1, 2026, and Nov 15, 2026. Applicants must be AAG members
- Required documents (PDF format)
Student Travel Awards: TGSG offers two Student Travel Awards of $250 each to support graduate students presenting their research at the 2027 AAG Annual Meeting in New York City.

Eligibility: Master's and PhD students who are members of both AAG and TGSG and will present research relevant to transportation geography at the 2027 AAG Annual Meeting. AAG and TGSG membership required at the time of application.
Required documents (PDF format)

AAG presentation abstract (including abstract identification code)
Curriculum vitae
Funding statement describing current or anticipated travel funding and financial need

Submission Information

Please email all required documents in PDF format to transportationsg@communities.aag.org no later than 11:59 PM EST on Nov 15, 2026.
Please indicate the award category and applicant's or nominee's last name in the email subject line (e.g., 2027 Ullman Award – [Nominee Last Name]).
All applications and nominations will be reviewed by the TGSG Awards Committee according to the evaluation criteria relevant to each award.
We encourage submissions and nominations reflecting the breadth of transportation geography across research topics, methods, disciplines, and global regions.
Please share this announcement widely with your colleagues, students, and academic networks. We look forward to recognizing outstanding scholarship and celebrating the achievements of our transportation geography community at the 2027 AAG Annual Meeting.

TGSG Officers 2026 - 2027

Paul Jung
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chair (2025 - 2027)

Léa Ravensbergen
McMaster University
Vice Chair (2025 - 2027)

Armita Kar
George Mason University
Board Member (2026 - 2028)

Michał Niedzielski
Polish Academy of Sciences
Board Member (2026 - 2028)

Sylvia He
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Board Member (2025 - 2027)

Michelle Zuñiga
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Board Member (2025 - 2027)

Gregório Luz
University of California, Berkeley
Student Board Member (2025 - 2027)

Ruochen Yin
The Ohio State University
Student Board Member (2026 - 2027)

Michael Minn
University of Illinois
Communications (ex officio)

The Journal of Transport Geography

The Journal of Transport Geography is a leading interdisciplinary journal focusing on the geographical dimensions of transport, travel and mobility. It is international in its outlook, and welcomes both conceptual papers and theoretically-informed, empirically-oriented contributions on the movement of people, goods and/or information by any mode and at every geographical scale.

Articles and viewpoints for the Journal of Transport Geography may be submitted through the Elsevier Website.

TGSG By-Laws

The TGSG board approved these revised by-laws on April 18, 2025.

2025-04-tgsg-by-laws.pdf