Thank you to Stanislav Kraft, Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic, who presented Using GIS for Understanding the Spatial Organization and Safety of Motorcycle Transportation at the Transportation Seminar Sep. 27, 2024.
Abstract: Motorcycle users are among the most vulnerable road users. Academic research in mobility studies has long focused on the issues of automobilities, aeromobilities, etc. Many researchers agree that the research on moto-mobilites has been ignored for a very long time. This talk will focus on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to understand the spatial organization of motorcycle transportation and the associated motorcycle safety issues. The talk will present unique GIS-based approaches for identifying spatial patterns of motorcycle transportation and unsafe road segments from a motorcycle perspective in the Czech and U.S. environments.
Bio: Dr. Stanislav Kraft is an associate professor of human geography and head of the Department of Geography at the University of South Bohemia, the Czech Republic. He is also the Scientific Secretary of the Czech Geographical Society. Dr. Kraft has published articles concerning spatial interactions analysis and modelling, using the big data in transportation research, and using GIS in motorcycle safety research in top-ranked scientific journals (Applied Geography, Journal of Transport Geography, The Geographical Journal, etc.). He participates on many research projects focused on functional transport regions and motorcycle traffic analysis. He has many lecture experiences from Spain, Portugal, California, Florida, and Massachusetts (including the Harvard University). He holds a PhD. in Regional Geography and Regional Planning from the Masaryk University, Brno.