Public transport : its planning, management and operation

Author(s)

• White, Peter R

Bibliographic Information

Public transport : its planning, management and operation

Peter White

（The Built environment series）

Hutchinson, 1986

2nd ed

Note

Previous ed.: published as Planning for public transport. 1976

Includes bibliographies and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book is a revised, updated and expanded edition of "Planning for public transport". The new text reflects the major changes in transport organization and research findings in the years since first publication. It is a comprehensive textbook on public transport, including its technology, organization, planning, costing and pricing, with particular reference to Britain. The author pays special attention to the structure of local government and the transport industry from 1986 (following local government reorganization), as well as to bus industry deregulation, to land use planning, and to developments in other countries with innovations relevant to Britain. A series of texts on environmental planning for use in undergraduates and postgraduate planning courses and for those involved in all aspects of the planning process. "Peter White has been responsible for postgraduate teaching in public transport systems at the Polytechnic of Central London ( PCL ) since 1971 and is currently course leader for the MSc transport planning course. Since joining the PCL he has been responsible for developing research in public transport and has undertaken consultancy work in a number of areas, including work with the Select Committee on Nationalized Industries and a study of the West Midlands Travelcard.". This book is intended for students and researchers in planning and public transport.

Table of Contents

• Organization and control of transport in Britain
• The role of public transport
• The technology of bus and coach systems
• Urban railways and rapid transit systems
• Network planning
• Costing and cost allocation methods
• Pricing theory and practice
• Rural public transport
• Intercity public transport
• Ten years of transport policy
• Policy in the long run

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA01222078
• ISBN:
  • 0091674611
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: 222p
• Size: 24cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HE243
  • DC19 : 711/.7/0941
• Subject Headings:
  • PRECIS : Great Britain. Public transport services. Planning
  • LCSH : Transportation -- Great Britain -- Planning
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00991124