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This book offers a timely analysis of the UK government's sustainable transport policy 10 years after the publication of A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone.
List of contents
Part one: Policy, politics and geography: New deal or no new deal? A decade of 'sustainable' transport in the UK ~ Jon Shaw and Iain Docherty; Devolution and the changing geography of the UK's transport governance ~ Danny MacKinnon and Geoff Vigar; Part two: Progress in policy implementation: Roads and traffic: from 'predict and provide' to 'making best use' ~ Graham Parkhurst and Geoff Dudley; Is Labour delivering a sustainable railway? ~ John Preston; Buses and light rail: stalled en route? ~ Richard Knowles and Pedro Abrantes; Walking and cycling: easy wins for a sustainable transport policy? ~ Rodney Tolley; UK aviation: taking off for growth? ~ Brian Graham; Economic versus environmental sustainability for ports and shipping: charting a new course? ~ David Pinder; Part three: 10 years since A New Deal for Transport: signposts to the UK's transport future? Transport for London: success despite Westminster? ~ Peter White; Mind the gap: the UK's record in international perspective ~Tom Rye; Traffic Jam? Policy debates after 10 years of 'sustainable' transport ~ Phil Goodwin.
About the author
Iain Docherty is a senior lecturer in the Department of Management at the University of Glasgow and Chair of the Transport Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). His research focuses on the impacts of political systems and structures of governance on urban policy and city development strategies.
Jon Shaw is Reader in Human Geography and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Transport at the University of Plymouth. He is also the UK and Ireland Associate Editor of the "Journal of Transport Geography". His research focuses on issues associated with mobility, accessibility, and transport policy and governance.
Summary
This book offers a timely analysis of the UK government's sustainable transport policy 10 years after the publication of "A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone".
