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Transportation geography, or transport geography, is a branch of human geography that studies the movement of people, things, and ideas. It interprets spatial transportation on the Earth’s surface by recognizing patterns in origin, destination, and route locations; what is transported and why; and constraints on transport. It is most often used in connection with regional and urban planning, while relating to economic geography and cultural identity. Key concepts include supply and demand, distance, and space. Many transportation geographers conceptualize the field at its most basic as an equation involving the effort needed to move a given volume over a given distance while dealing with various factors causing friction.