Vulnerability and redundancy in transport

Some spare capacity in a transport system is always desirable, in order to help it cope with unexpected emergencies

The four horsemen of the apocalypse (pestilence, war, famine, death) have been replaced today by concerns about climate change and terrorism

The four horsemen of the apocalypse (pestilence, war, famine, death) have been replaced today by concerns about climate change and terrorism

Well, in these uncertain times perhaps all of us are feeling a bit vulnerable and a few may be facing redundancy but that’s not what this column is about. These sad words have come to have a rather different technical meaning in the analysis of systems generally, and transport networks in particular, which is increasing in importance and there is a sensible rethink going on about vulnerability and its associated concepts of redundancy, resilience, robustness and adaptation.

These all...

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