Traffic jam : ten years of 'sustainable' transport in the UK / [electronic resource]
Dawson Books.
Docherty, Iain,editor.
Shaw, Jon(Professor of Transport Geography),editor.
This informed and lively book offers a timely analysis of the UK government's sustainable - or subsequently 'integrated' - transport policy 10 years after the publication of A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone. Written by prominent transport experts and with a foreword by Christian Wolmar, the book identifies the modest successes and, sadly, the far more significant failures in government policy over the last decade. The authors also uncover why it has proved so difficult to adopt a more sustainable approach to transport and break Britain's love-affair with the car. The book reviews the links between the idea of sustainability and transport policy, and provides an up-to-the-minute analysis of the political realities surrounding the delivery of a sustainable transport agenda in the UK. It picks up on the principal components of A New Deal for Transport and evaluates to what extent these have, or haven't, been delivered in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The contributors analyse why delivering sustainable transport policies seems to present particular difficulties to ministers across the UK, and considers the UK's experience in an international perspective. The book draws lessons from the last 10 years in order to better inform future policy development.  Traffic Jam is an indispensable analysis of the difficulties involved in turning policy ideals into practical reality, and as such will be of interest to scholars, students, planners, policy analysts and policy makers.
Traffic jam; Contents; List of tables, figures and boxes; Foreword; Preface and acknowledgements; List of acronyms; Notes on contributors; 1. New deal or no new deal? A decade of 'sustainable' transport in the UK; Sustainable transport as a political issue in the UK; From radicalism to pragmatism: 10 years of a 'sustainable' transport policy; What future for transport under Labour?; 2. Devolution and the UK's new transport policy landscape; 'Rescaling' transport governance; Policy divergence and convergence; 'National' transport policies; Subnational transport planning; Conclusions
3. Roads and traffic: from 'predict and provide' to 'making best use'Breaking the addiction to roads? Policy 1997-2003; Towards a more sustainable roads policy?; Future prospects for 'modal neutrality'; Conclusion; 4. Is Labour delivering a sustainable railway?; The railway under New Labour; Financial and economic sustainability; Social sustainability; Environmental sustainability; Is Labour really delivering a sustainable railway?; 5. Buses and light rail: stalled en route?; The UK bus industry; Light rail; Conclusion; 6. Walking and cycling: easy wins for a sustainable transport policy?
The importance of walking and cyclingThe sustainability benefits of walking and cycling; Obstacles to walking and cycling; The changing UK policy context for non-motorised transport; Walking, cycling and the sustainable transport agenda; Conclusions; 7. UK air travel: taking off for growth?; The future of air transport in the UK; Trends in UK air travel since 1998; The policy context since 2003; Air transport, economic development and the UK environment; Conclusions; 8. Economic versus environmental sustainability for ports and shipping:charting a new course?; Scale, complexity and momentum
Port expansion and coastal ecological degradation: a relationship decoupled?Water and air pollution; Hinterland integration and sustainability; Balancing the books: credit, debit and the New deal for transport; 9. Transport for London:success despite Westminster?; Major developments under Transport for London; Transport for London under Transport for London; Railways and the Public-Private Partnership; Some concluding observations; 10. Mind the gap! The UK's record in European perspective; Factors that bring about a change in people's travel behaviour
Changes in local transport planning and fundingContinental experience in local transport; Comparisons at the national level; Differing cultures, policies and vested interests?; Conclusions; 11. Traffic jam? Policy debates after 10 years of 'sustainable' transport; Policy provenance; Towards a sustainable transport system: the current crossroads; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This informed and lively book offers a timely analysis of the UK government's sustainable - or subsequently 'integrated' - transport policy 10 years after the publication of A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone. Written by prominent transport experts and with a foreword by Christian Wolmar, the book identifies the modest successes and, sadly, the far more significant failures in government policy over the last decade. The authors also uncover why it has proved so difficult to adopt a more sustainable approach to transport and break Britain's love-affair with the car. The book reviews the links between the idea of sustainability and transport policy, and provides an up-to-the-minute analysis of the political realities surrounding the delivery of a sustainable transport agenda in the UK. It picks up on the principal components of A New Deal for Transport and evaluates to what extent these have, or haven't, been delivered in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The contributors analyse why delivering sustainable transport policies seems to present particular difficulties to ministers across the UK, and considers the UK's experience in an international perspective. The book draws lessons from the last 10 years in order to better inform future policy development.  Traffic Jam is an indispensable analysis of the difficulties involved in turning policy ideals into practical reality, and as such will be of interest to scholars, students, planners, policy analysts and policy makers.
Transportation and state