A New Deal For Transport The Uks Struggle With The Sustainable Transport Agenda Iain Docherty by Iain Docherty, Jon Shaw 9780470773734, 9781405106306, 0470773731, 1405106301 instant download after payment.
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.
Content:
Chapter 1 Policy, Politics and Sustainable Transport: The Nature of Labour's Dilemma (pages 3–29): Iain Docherty
Chapter 2 Devolution and Sustainable Transport (pages 30–50): Austin Smyth
Chapter 3 Local Transport Planning under Labour (pages 51–72): Geoff Vigar and Dominic Stead
Chapter 4 Roads and Traffic Congestion Policies: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (pages 75–107): William Walton
Chapter 5 A Railway Renaissance? (pages 108–134): Jon Shaw and John Farrington
Chapter 6 Light Rail and the London Underground (pages 135–157): Richard Knowles and Peter White
Chapter 7 A ‘Thoroughbred’ in the Making? The Bus Industry under Labour (pages 158–177): John Preston
Chapter 8 Ubiquitous, Everyday Walking and Cycling: The Acid Test of a Sustainable Transport Policy (pages 178–197): Rodney Tolley
Chapter 9 Air Transport Policy: Reconciling Growth and Sustainability? (pages 198–225): Brian Graham
Chapter 10 Towards a Genuinely Sustainable Transport Agenda for the United Kingdom (pages 229–244): Phil Goodwin