A new deal for transport? : the UK's struggle with the sustainable transport agenda

Author(s)

• Docherty, Iain
• Shaw, Jon

Bibliographic Information

A new deal for transport? : the UK's struggle with the sustainable transport agenda

edited by Iain Docherty and Jon Shaw

（RGS-IBG book series）

Blackwell Pub., 2003

• [: pbk]

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Comprising contributions from a range of experts, this volume offers a critical commentary on the government's sustainable transport policy. 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. Includes a Foreword by David Begg, Chair of the Commission for Integrated Transport.

Table 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

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Details

• NCID: BA63600673
• ISBN:
  • 1405106301
  • 140510631X
• LCCN: 2003000666
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Malden
• Pages/Volumes: xxiv, 256 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HE243.A2
  • DC21 : 388/.0941
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Transportation and state -- Great Britain
  • LCSH : Transportation -- Environmental aspects -- Great Britain
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA54554768