Bridging the Qualitative–Quantitative Divide in Transport GeographyFootnote∗

∗The authors wish to acknowledge Mei-Po Kwan and Tim Schwanen for editing this Focus Section of The Professional Geographer based on a series of paper sessions they organized at the 2007 AAG meeting. We wish to acknowledge both of these editors, as well as editor of The Professional Geographer and the anonymous reviewers for their very helpful comments on this article.

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