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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019499003321

Autore

Docherty Iain

Titolo

A New Deal for Transport? [[electronic resource] ] : The UK's Struggle with the Sustainable Transport Agenda

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007

ISBN

1-281-31051-4

9786611310516

0-470-77373-1

0-470-77536-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

RGS-IBG Book Series

Altri autori (Persone)

ShawJon

Disciplina

388.0941

388/.0941

Soggetti

Transportation

Transportation and state

Business

Transportation and state - Environmental aspects - Great Britain

Transportation - Great Britain

Transportation Economics

Business & Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Part I Policy and Politics; 1 Policy, Politics and Sustainable Transport: The Nature of Labour's Dilemma; 2 Devolution and Sustainable Transport; 3 Local Transport Planning under Labour; Part II Progress in Policy Implementation; 4 Roads and Traffic Congestion Policies: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back; 5 A Railway Renaissance?; 6 Light Rail and the London Underground; 7 A'Thoroughbred' in the Making? The Bus Industry under Labour

8 Ubiquitous, Everyday Walking and Cycling: The Acid Test of a Sustainable Transport Policy9 Air Transport Policy: Reconciling Growth and Sustainability?; Part III The Future; 10 Towards a Genuinely Sustainable Transport Agenda for the United Kingdom; Index;



Sommario/riassunto

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.