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Informationen zum Autor Iain Docherty is a Research Fellow in the Department of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow and an expert in urban governance, particularly the implementation of planning and transport policies. His previous publications include Making Tracks (1999), which looks at the transport planning system in major British cities. Jon Shaw is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Aberdeen. His recent work has examined the privatization of British Rail and road building in England. He is the author of Competition, Regulation and the Privatisation of British Rail (2000) and co-editor of All Change: British Railway Privatisation (2000). Klappentext Comprising contributions from a range of experts, this book offers a critical commentary on the Blair government's sustainable transport policy and its implementation. The volume is divided into three sections. The first section reviews links between sustainability and transport policy, and examines the political realities surrounding the delivery of a sustainable transport agenda. The second focuses on progress in policy implementation, evaluating the extent to which Labour's own policy goals have been achieved. The final section looks at the likely trajectory of sustainable transport policy in the UK until 2010. The book includes a Foreword by David Begg, Chair of the Commission for Integrated Transport. Firmly rooted within an appreciation of the politics of transport, this book will make a valuable contribution to debates about future policy. Zusammenfassung * A critical commentary on the Blair government's sustainable transport policy and its implementation. * Firmly rooted in an appreciation of the politics of this controversial field. * Experts contribute up-to-the-minute analyses of the key issues. * Will inform debate over the future of transport policy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Preface ix Notes on Contributors x Foreword xiv Preface xviii List of Abbreviations xxii Part I Policy and Politics 1 1 Policy, Politics and Sustainable Transport: The Nature of Labour's Dilemma 3 Iain Docherty 2 Devolution and Sustainable Transport 30 Austin Smyth 3 Local Transport Planning under Labour 51 Geoff Vigar and Dominic Stead Part II Progress in Policy Implementation 73 4 Roads and Traffic Congestion Policies: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 75 William Walton 5 A Railway Renaissance? 108 Jon Shaw and John Farrington 6 Light Rail and the London Underground 135 Richard Knowles and Peter White 7 A 'Thoroughbred' in the Making? The Bus Industry under Labour 158 John Preston 8 Ubiquitous, Everyday Walking and Cycling: The Acid Test of a Sustainable Transport Policy 178 Rodney Tolley 9 Air Transport Policy: Reconciling Growth and Sustainability? 198 Brian Graham Part III The Future 227 10 Towards a Genuinely Sustainable Transport Agenda for the United Kingdom 229 Phil Goodwin Index 245 ...
