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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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).
Summary
* A critical commentary on the Blair governmenta 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.
