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Book SynopsisTaking a global approach, this insightful Handbook brings together leading researchers to provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in railway regulation with a particular focus on countries that rely heavily on railways for transportation links, such as Japan, India and France. Despite numerous liberalisation attempts in recent years, the railway sector is still excessively complex, with regulations varying throughout the world. The Handbook on Railway Regulation gathers, for the first time, these various approaches and practices, using a historical and systematic approach to identify the main lessons for all countries. The Handbook also considers the most pressing issues for those working in and with railway systems, and outlines future trends in the development of global rail. Specific topics covered include the digitalization dilemma in the industry, rail sector reforms and regulation, and competition in the market for rail freight and passenger services. This Handbook provides an invaluable contribution to the discussion of railway regulation worldwide, and will be a crucial compendium for students and scholars of transportation, regulation and competition looking to explore different approaches to the topic. This will also be an invaluable read for railway policymakers and regulators looking to deepen their understanding of contemporary regulations around the world.Trade Review‘This book is for those who appreciate the role of railways in transport and in reaching broader public objectives. It is a well-developed and well-written compendium of 14 country-specific rail sector analyses combined with nine topic-oriented discussions covering the tradeoffs between structure, competition objectives, and the scope and powers of regulation. The Handbook does a good job of presenting the experience and near-term prospects of an extremely complex set of issues.’ -- Lou Thompson, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum'This collection of original papers takes a genuinely international look at the economic regulation of railways. It covers all forms of rail operations (freight, passenger, and local) and a diversity of regulatory regimes, as well as having a substantial geographical coverage. The editors have managed to entice a cornucopia of experts from around the world to contribute. The volume is timely. Railways over the last 50 years have seen economic regulatory adjustments that have affected their ownership, operations, methods of finance, and investment priorities. While one can easily find a common thread in many of these changes, the overriding emphasis has been on more reliance on market forces and lighter interventions by governments, there are considerable national variations in the instruments deployed and the outcomes that have emerged. This volume allows experts to keep abreast of events and thinking in the rail regulatory world and offers newcomers an almost encyclopedic account of the practical and intellectual challenges involved.' --Kenneth Button, George Mason University, US'A great resource for politicians, managers, competition lawyers and economists, seeking an overview of the implemented regulatory frameworks within the railway sector in Europe and beyond.' --Frank Miram, Deutsche Bahn AGTable of ContentsContents: 1. Railway Regulation: A comparative analysis of a diverging reality Juan Montero and Matthias Finger 2. Railway Regulation in Germany Thomas Fetzer 3. The ongoing process of liberalization of the railway sector in France Stéphane de la Rosa 4. Developments in Rail Regulation in Britain Chris Nash and Andrew Smith 5. Railway Regulation in Italy Nadia Bert and Germano Guglielmi 6. Spain: Between the failure of freight and the success of high speed Alberto Garcia Alvarez 7. Railways in Switzerland Matthias Finger 8. Regulatory challenges of open-access passenger competition in the Czech Republic Zdeněk Tomeš, Martin Kvizda, Monika Jandová and Václav Rederer 9. China’s railway development: a cyclical process of de-regulation and re-regulation Linda Tjia Yin-nor 10. Railways in South Korea Leif Karlén 11. Indian railways: challenges and opportunities Rachna Gangwar 12. Railways in Japan Fumio Kurosaki 13. Rail sector reforms and regulation in Russia Yu.Z. Saakyan 14. The deregulation of Turkish railways Şahin Ardıyok and Evren Sesli 15. Railways and Railways Regulation in the United States: Surely You Don’t Want Jones Back? Russell Pittman 16. Towards a new architecture for technical regulation of Europe’s railways Christian Chavanel 17. Regulating Rail Mass Transit: A century-long legacy and still looking for fine tuning Pierre Messulam 18. Competitive tendering for regional trains: What can be learnt from economic literature? Patricia Perennes 19. Competition law challenges in domestic rail passenger services Mariarosaria Ganino 20. Financing railways Georg Götz and Jan Thomas Schäfer 21. The consumer perspective on railways Mark van Hagen 22. Competition in the market of rail passenger services: the experience of small and medium-sized new entrants in long-distance services in Europe Rodolfo Ramos 23. High-speed rail: From first principles to final expectations Michel Leboeuf 24. The digitalization dilemma in the railway industry Juan Montero Index

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Book SynopsisThis book analyses the European legal framework on inland water transport in light of the most recent legislation adopted and how the main Member States of Central Western Europe have implemented it.Specifically, the book provides an innovative tool of analytical and systematic study of the various legislative EU measures that regulate the inland waterways transport sector, as well as for the comparative study and analysis of the relevant measures of implementation adopted by the afore-mentioned Member States. Each EU legislative measure is first explained in general terms and then commented on in detail with a specific analysis of the most significant articles, following a precise logical sequence of the topics; the corresponding national implementing measures are also examined in detail* describing any different ways of transposing the EU regulation, also with regard to any differences in approach by the Member States relative to the possibility of any derogations or exemptTable of ContentsAbout The Author, Table Of Cases, Table Of Legislation, Preface, Chapter 1 Introduction, Chapter 2 The Design And Construction Of Inland Waterway Vessels, Chapter 3 Navigability Licences For Inland Waterway Vessels And Their Reciprocal Recognition, Chapter 4 Professional Qualifications Of The Crew In Inland Navigation And Their Recognition, Chapter 5 The Organisation Of Working Time In Inland Water Transport, Chapter 6 Inland Water Transport Of Passengers And Goods In The Eu Market, Chapter 7 Inland Water Transport Of Dangerous Goods, Chapter 8 Navigation Safety And Environmental Protection, Appendix List Of State Aid Cases In The Eu Inland Water Transport Sector

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Book SynopsisNow in its sixth edition, this key text provides a comprehensive analysis of the international carriage of goods by road under the provisions of the CMR Convention. The author offers unparalleled coverage of both English and European case law in a text that is praised for its accessible, user-friendly style.This new edition is fully updated with the very latest in case law both internationally and on a domestic level, including: New developments on the applicability of the CMR to multimodal transport, as per the Godafoss case The concept of the wilful misconduct in failure to guard the vehicle Thorough analysis of TNT Express Nederland BV v AXA Versicherung AG It also provides new coverage of the impact of e-commerce on road haulage.This book is an invaluable reference tool for transport practitioners with an international and domestic client base. It is also a useful Table of ContentsPart 1: The CMR Chapter 1. Application of the CMR Chapter 2. The Contract of Carriage: Documentation Chapter 3. The Journey Chapter 4. Claims Chapter 5. The Liability of the Carrier Chapter 6. Defences Available to the Carrier Chapter 7. The Special Risks Chapter 8. Remedies Part 2: English Domestic Law Chapter 9. The Contract of Carriage Chapter 10. The Journey Chapter 11. Claims Chapter 12. The Liability of the Carrier Chapter 13. Defences Chapter 14. Remedies Part 3: Appendices

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Book SynopsisJames W. Ely Jr, tells the history of the rail industry, showing that two institutions - the railroad and American law - had a profound effect on each other. It also documents the change and innovation the railroad brought the country.Trade ReviewA monumental achievement - it should be on the shelves of every railroad, economic, and legal historian. Herbert Hovenkamp, Author of Enterprise and American Law, 1836-1937; ""Fills a large void in the field of legal history. There is nothing else available that covers this subject, or even comes close."" Lawrence M. Friedman, Author of A History of American Law; ""A unique and wide-ranging book on a relatively untouched subject that should appeal to anyone interested in the history of the American railroad."" John F. Stover, Author of American Railroads; ""An incredibly ambitious book from a master at writing about sweeping legal topics in a meaningful and readable way."" Paul Kens, Author of Lochner v. New York: Economic Regulation on Trial

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Book SynopsisRoger Wrapson was Senior Manager of the Road Haulage Association and the Association's Dangerous Goods Expert for 18 years. He is a Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor and a member of the IRU's International Group of Experts on Dangerous Goods.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Driven has been received as not only a touching tribute to those who lost their lives, but also to two women, Ana and Isabelle, who in their unimaginable grief decided to fight for justice in the name of their sons." -- Linda Hersey * Times & Transcript *

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Book SynopsisUAS Integration into Civil Airspace: Policy, Regulations and Strategy Douglas M Marshall, TrueNorth Consulting LLC.Trade ReviewThe book is an excellent historical resource for anyone who wants to know how the current regulations and policies came to pass. And possibly also why we don’t have other rules enabling the industry. I believe that anyone in the commercial drone business and those in or contemplating Advanced Air Mobility and Urban Air Mobility (AAM/UAM) would benefit from reading this book. After reading, you will have an educated understanding of the future you are embarking on. --Patrick Egan, sUAS NewsThe book is easy to read, refreshingly so for such a complex subject and is accessible to all readers, even without a detailed technical knowledge. It is a useful reference for everyone in the industry, including regulators who will inevitably determine the pace of adoption of UAS in civil airspace. Most of the world’s aviation authorities, service providers and regulators have engaged in intense efforts since the early 2000s to establish methods and safety protocols to integrate UAS into complex and increasingly busy controlled and uncontrolled airspace. This book provides an excellent oversight of international progress, along with ICAO’s oversight and direction of co-ordinating rules and, in my view is the ‘go-to’ book for UAS operations and by far the best introduction on the subject available to date. --Richard Deakin, FRAeS, AEROSPACETable of ContentsPreface xi Aerospace Series Preface xvii Acknowledgements xix List of Acronyms and Abbreviations xxi 1 Background 1 Introduction 1 Setting the Stage for Integration of Remotely Piloted Aircraft into Non-segregated Airspace 2 The Law of the Sea and the Law of the Air 2 A Brief History of Aviation Regulations 3 International Civil Aviation Regulations 4 The Chicago Convention and the International Civil Aviation Organization 6 Conclusion 9 References 9 2 UAS Airspace Integration in the European Union 11 Regulations, Opinions, Decisions 11 Implementing Organizations 39 Eurocontrol 60 Conclusion 66 References 66 3 ICAO 69 ICAO Model UAS Regulations 69 Advisory Circulars 70 DRAFT Canada AC 922-001, RPAS Safety Assurance 71 UTM Guidance 71 ICAO RPAS Concept of Operations 75 ICAO U-AID Guidance 80 The ICAO UAS Toolkit 81 RPAS Manual (Doc.) 10019 1st Edition 82 Conclusion 86 References 86 4 UAS Airspace Integration in the United States 87 The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 (Hereafter FMRA), Public Law 112-95, Title III – Safety, Subtitle B – Unmanned Aircraft Systems 88 The FAA Extension, Safety, and Security Act of 2016 Title II, Subtitle B-UAS Safety (Pub. L. 114-190) 91 The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Pub. L. 115-254) 92 The Response from the FAA and NASA 96 Status of UTM Today 104 UTM Vision 104 Participation 109 Performance Authorizations 109 Airspace Authorization 110 Recent Developments in UAM/AAM 110 Conclusion 111 References 111 5 Global Airspace Integration Activities 113 Australia 113 Brazil 115 Canada 116 China 117 France 119 Germany 120 Ireland 121 Italy 122 Japan 123 Mexico 124 Netherlands 124 New Zealand 125 Norway 125 Singapore 126 South Africa 127 Sweden 128 United Kingdom 129 Conclusion 130 References 131 6 The Role of Standards 133 Conclusion 141 References 142 7 The Technology 143 Conclusion 150 References 152 8 Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience 153 Describing the Threat 155 ICAO 157 IATF 157 Global Resilient Aviation Network Concept of Operations – Trust Framework 162 ICAO Council and Assembly Documents 166 Declaration on Cybersecurity in Civil Aviation (Dubai, 2017) 166 Conclusion 172 References 173 Index 175

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Book SynopsisInternational Air Carrier Liability brings together essential treaties and airline-to-airline agreements on air carrier liability, safety and security, and supplements these with expert commentary and analysis. The examination considers the general regulatory framework of international civil aviation (including the Chicago Convention and related documents) and how the liability regime fits within that framework.The book is divided into three parts: dealing in turn with liability, safety and security, and civil aviation regulation. Part I, for example, provides comment and analysis of the international air-carrier liability regime, how the main liability conventions operate, and the application of these conventions to international carriage by air (passengers, baggage and cargo). Given its subject matter and the universal state party participation in these conventions, this book has truly global application.David Hodgkinson and Rebecca Johnston aim to provide a rTable of ContentsForewordPrefaceAbbreviations and AcronymsIntroductionPART I – LIABILITY CommentarySection 1: Main Conventions 1.1 Warsaw Convention 1929 1.2 Warsaw Convention 1929 as amended at The Hague 1955 1.3 Guadalajara Supplementary Convention 1961 1.4 Warsaw Convention 1929 as amended at The Hague 1955 and by Protocol No.4 of Montreal 1975 1.5 Montreal Convention 1999 Section 2: Additional Protocols 2.1 The Hague Protocol 1955 2.2 Guatemala City Protocol 1971 2.3 Montreal Additional Protocol No. 1, 1975 2.4 Montreal Additional Protocol No. 2, 1975 2.5 Montreal Additional Protocol No. 3, 1975 2.6 Montreal Protocol No. 4, 1975 Section 3: Intercarrier and Carrier Agreements 3.1 Montreal Intercarrier Agreement 1966 3.2 Japanese Carriers -­ Conditions of Carriage and Waiver of Liability Limits 1992 3.3 IATA Intercarrier Agreement on Passenger Liability 1995 Section 4: European Regulations 4.1 Council Regulation (EC) No 2027/97 of 9 October 1997 on Air Carrier Liability in the Event of Accidents 4.2 Regulation (EC) No 889/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council PART II – SAFETY AND SECURITY Commentary Section 5: Safety and Security Conventions 1.1 Tokyo Convention 1963 1.2 Hague Convention 1970 1.3 Montreal Convention 1971 1.4 Montreal Convention 1991 Section 6: Compensation Conventions for Damage to Third Parties 2.1 Rome Convention 1933 2.2 Rome Convention 1952 2.3 Convention on Compensation for Damage Caused by Aircraft to Third Parties 2009 2.4 Convention on Compensation for Damage to Third Parties Resulting from Acts of Unlawful Interference Involving Aircraft 2009 PART III – CIVIL AVIATION REGULATION CommentarySection 7: International Civil Aviation 7.1 Chicago Convention 1944Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisNow it its second edition, The Law of Yachts and Yachting is a comprehensive treatise on the law relating to yachts and provides its readers with a thorough analysis of maritime law as relevant to the superyacht sector. Written by a team of leading yachting practitioners and researchers, it covers the legal issues arising during the life of a yacht. The book is written for the legal practitioner, yacht-broker and manager concerned with the operation of professionally crewed yachts including financing, registration, chartering, insurance, compliance and casualty management.Key Features -The only practitioners' book on the area It covers all major aspects of yachting law in a single book The Law of Yachts and Yachting is highly comprehensive - despite its main focus on contract and tort law, it contains references to public law and international law and practice References to case law, English, foreign and internationalAppendicTrade Review'...an important contribution to the understanding of how English law is applied to this industry sector, and indeed should be on the shelf of every solicitor, every barrister and every arbitrator who purports to advise or adjudicate on disputes arising out of the construction, the ownership, the design or the operation of yachts.'John Leonida, The Journal of International Maritime LawTable of Contents1. Yacht-Building Contracts 2. Yacht Registration 3. Value Added Tax and Yachts 4. Yacht Finance 5. Insurance Legislation and Contracts 6. Employment and Manning 7. Yacht-Brokers 8. Yacht Chartering and the MYBA Form 9. Mooring 10. Sale and Purchase under the MYBA Form 11. Yacht Codes: Safety and Compliance for Superyachts 12. Accidents at Sea 13. The Recycling of Yachts

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Book SynopsisApproximately 40 per cent of value of international trade comes from goods carried by air, and the consequences of goods being damaged, destroyed or delayed can be serious, substantial, and perhaps unforeseen. This exciting new book is the only one on the market that deals exclusively with air cargo insurance, and will therefore, be a vital addition to the collection of any practitioner, professional or academic working in the field. Air Cargo Insurance analyses the model policies and standard terms and conditions on the London markets. The authors also provide readers with an invaluable perspective on cases in other jurisdictions, and the book discusses freight forwarders' relations with airlines and addresses the possibility of recovery from third parties. This book, written by two of the leading experts in the field, provides invaluable guidance to practitioners, arbitrators and cargo-claims professionals. It will help to ensure that air cargo insurance contracts arTable of Contents1: General Principles2: Air Cargo Insurance: General Principles3: Insurance Claims by Cargo Interests4: Liability Insurance5: Air Cargo Liability Insurance Claims6: Air Cargo Property Claims

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Book SynopsisWritten by a team of acclaimed practitioners and leading academics, this book brings together in one single volume an analysis of contemporary legal issues concerning ship building, sale and finance contracts. It offers a comprehensive, expert and thoroughly practical guide on what is a very complex area of law in today''s international shipping industry. The book presents a detailed and critical analysis of standard and non-standard shipbuilding and sale contracts, including vital but often overlooked issues such as payment and refund guarantees, which have been at the forefront of recent litigation and practice. It also critically and thoroughly analyses several types of standard insurance contracts, including shipbuilder''s risks and mortgagee''s interests, which are not adequately dealt with elsewhere and it provides a critical and contemporary discussion on the legal and practical issues surrounding ship finance, ship mortgages and more esoteric issues such as the use ofTrade Review'The editors are to be congratulated in bringing together this collection of stimulating contributions.The book will be of great value to academics, law students, researchers, legal practitioners, shipbrokers and bankers.'Richard Coles, Journal of International Maritime Law Table of ContentsPart I: Legal issues relating to ship building 1. Contracting by Numbers: The Different Characteristics of the Main Shipbuilding Contracts Professor Andrew Tettenborn 2. The BIMCO Newbuildcon Standard Form Shipbuilding Contract: Salient Features and Pitfalls Chris Kidd 3. Remedies for Breach of Shipbuilding Contracts- Is English Law 'Fit for Purpose'? Simon Curtis 4. The Application of the 'Prevention Principle' in the Ship Building Context Simon Kverndal QC 5. Drafting and Interpreting Payment and Refund Guarantees in the Shipbuilding Context John Forrester 6. The Evolving Nature of Builders' Risks Cover Professor Baris Soyer Part II: Ship sale contracts and practice 7.Battle of the Sale Forms Matt Hannaford 8. 'As Is'...As You Were?The Union Power and 'As Is' Provisions in Ship Sale and Purchase Contracts 9. The Practicalities of Ship Sales in the Current Market William Maclachlan Part III: Legal and practical issues relation to ship finance10. Ship Mortgages: Enforcement and Remedies Charles Buss 11. Mortgagees' Interest Insurance Peter Macdonald Eggers QC 12. Lease Finance and Demise Charters-Lessors’ Risks and Liabilities Professor Simon Baughen 13.Financing Newbuilding Vessels and Barecon 2001: A Fair Deal? Dr Theodora Nikaki 14. Shipping Finance and Sanctions 15. Using Derivatives to Finance Ship Sales and Shipbuilding: A Civil Law Perspective Professor Dr Olivier Cachard

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Book SynopsisEstablished by Congress as an amendment to the Clean Air Act, the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) mandates that U.S. transportation fuel contain a minimum volume of renewable fuel. The mandated minimum volume increases annually and must be met using both conventional biofuel (e.g., cornstarch ethanol) and advanced biofuel (e.g., cellulosic ethanol). For a renewable fuel to be applied toward the mandate, it must be used for certain purposes (transportation fuel, jet fuel, or heating oil) and meet certain environmental and biomass feedstock criteria.

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Book SynopsisThe nation's air, land, and marine transportation systems are designed for accessibility and efficiency, two characteristics that make them vulnerable to attack. The focus of chapter 1 is how best to implement and finance a system of deterrence, protection, and response that effectively reduces the possibility and consequences of terrorist attacks without unduly interfering with travel, commerce, and civil liberties. Almost every conversation about surface transportation finance begins with a two-part question: What are the "needs" of the national transportation system, and how does the nation pay for them? Chapter 2 is aimed almost entirely at discussing the "how to pay for them" question. On 4 December 2015, President Barack Obama signed the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act; P.L. 114-94). As reported in chapter 3, the act authorised spending on federal highway and public transportation programs, surface transportation safety and research activities, and rail programs for five years to 30 September 2020. Despite significant investments in public transportation at the federal, state, and local levels, transit ridership has fallen in many of the top 50 transit markets. If strong gains in the New York area are excluded, ridership nationally declined by 7% over the past decade. Chapter 4 examines the implications for federal transit policy of the current weakness and possible future changes in transit ridership. Congress created the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing (RRIF) program to offer long-term, low-cost loans to railroad operators, with particular attention to small freight railroads, to help them finance improvements to infrastructure and investments in equipment. This program is discussed in chapter 5. The Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) carry out different approaches to rail safety oversight. FRA has a more centralised safety oversight program for railroads, while FTA's program for oversight of rail transit safety largely relies on state safety agencies to monitor and enforce rail transit safety, as established in federal statute. Chapter 6 examines (1) key characteristics of FRA's and FTA's rail safety oversight programs and (2) strengths and limitations of FRA's and FTA's rail safety oversight programs. Research sponsored by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has identified driver behaviour as the main cause of highway-rail grade crossing crashes and that factors such as train and traffic volume can contribute to the risk of a crash. Chapter 7 examines: (1) the focus of FRA's grade-crossing-safety research, (2) how states select and implement grade-crossing projects and what data are available from FRA to inform their decisions, and (3) the challenges states reported in implementing and assessing projects and the extent to which FHWA assesses the program's effectiveness.Table of ContentsFor more information, please visit our website at:https://novapublishers.com/shop/transportation-congressional-issues-financing-and-improvements/

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Book SynopsisNoise Free America: A Coalition to Promote Quiet is the nations most prominent anti-noise organization, focusing on excessive noise from motorcycles, loud car stereos, and leaf blowers. Noise Free America has dozens of chapters in around 25 states, and its memebers conduct anti-noise public education campaigns at the local, state, and federal levels. The organization provides an Ask an Expert service, with advice to the public from a noise control engineer and a former Houston police officer. Noise Free America: A Coalition to Promote Quiet issues a monthly Noisy Dozen press release, highlighting excessive noise in a community, business, or industry, or by an individual. Noise Free America has been featured in more than 350 media stories, including on 20/20, CNN, and NPR, as well as in ''Time'' magazine, the ''New York Times'', and the ''Washington Post''. The organizations web site contains numerous noise ordinances, a model noise ordinance, radio public service announcements, sample letters, and a manual on How to Fight Noise.

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Book SynopsisThe U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides about $40 billion to the states annually to build and maintain highways and bridges through the federal-aid highway program. This book describes the process and factors that could affect highway project time frames; examines state DOTs'' views on the benefits and challenges of the provisions to expedite highway projects established in SAFETEA-LU and describes additional initiatives that state DOTs and FHWA have implemented to expedite the completion of highway projects.

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Book SynopsisOn 6 July 2012, President Barack Obama signed the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21; P.L. 112141). The act authorised spending on federal highway and public transportation programs, surface transportation safety and research, and some rail programs and activities through September 30, 2014. MAP-21 authorised roughly $105 billion for FY2013 and FY2014 combined. This book examines the MAP-21 Act and the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) program, which is designed to fill market gaps and leverage substantial non-federal investment by providing federal credit assistance to help finance surface transportation projects including highway, transit, rail, and intermodal projects.

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Book SynopsisInternational markets expand through better communication and transport technology. Transport networks are at the heart of the supply chain and are the foundation of any countrys economy. Transport is a foundation of the European integration procedure. The present framework of international carriage law is made up of a collection of conventions. The legal document establishing the contractual link between the parties involved in the contract of carriage is the bill of lading. Ocean bills of lading have an inherent value as security to banks that finance the sale of the underlying cargo or the documents themselves, and they enable their lawful holders to sell the cargo whilst in transit by transfer of the document. Containerisation brought about a revolution in the transport industry. All transport conventions set diverse liability limits and mirror dissimilar communities of interest among different transport modes. A carriers liability limitation in international carriage conventions is a consequence of international trade practice. The transport systems have become a source of environmental and social costs. The author discusses these issues and more in this important book on international markets and transportation.

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Book SynopsisLac-Mégantic, Québec, Canada July 6, 2013. On a hot summer night, a driverless, out-of-control train descends the slope that leads to the scenic town below and explodes, pulverizing the downtown area and killing forty-seven unsuspecting victims. The devastation, which leaves the people of Lac-Mégantic dazed and in mourning, is quickly the object of a tortuous cover-up. Who are the tragedy's real culprits? In this fascinating piece of investigative journalism, which unfolds like a thriller, Saint-Cerny reveals the inner workings of the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. She uncovers how the disaster, far from being just an "error of a faulty system," was caused by powerful people and institutions distant from the town itself. The tragedy of Lac-Mégantic began far before the train's brakes failed; it was conceived in the offices of Wall Street hedge funders, of Dakota black-gold cowboy magnates, of oil conglomerates, of a political class entirely devoted to the interests of the rail industry. And when it struck, it hit a population which, while still in shock, found itself at the mercy of local predators.The fruit of five years of work and interviews with nearly a hundred people, including victims and their relatives, Mégantic: A Tragedy in Waiting, tells the story of the disaster in three acts before, during, and after in an investigation whose ultimate goal is to prevent the preventable.

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Book SynopsisDebattista on Bills of Lading in Commodity Trade provides not so much a linear road-map as a GPS system, allowing the reader to locate which aspect of the bill of lading is central to the dispute they are dealing with and evaluating that aspect from the perspective of each of: (1) the contract of sale; (2) carriage contract and (3) letter of credit. The title examines questions such as: How can a buyer ensure in their sale contract that the bill of lading the buyer receives from the seller gives them secure title to sue the carrier? What impact does the choice of a particular Incoterms rule have on whom the carrier can sue under the contract of carriage? Where there is a claim by a buyer/cargo-claimant for loss, damage or delay to goods, must they factor any gains or benefits made under the sale contract claim/settlement into the quantum claimed in the cargo-claim against the carrier? What is a ‘charterparty bill of lading’ - and can it be tendered under a letter of credit? When and why might a seller need to “switch” bills of lading for its buyer or its bank - and does the seller have a right to demand the switching of bills under the Hague-Visby Rules? All of these questions – and many others like them – cut across areas of law normally siloed in academic and practitioner texts. The purpose of this title is to make links and draw out connections, with a view to assisting lawyers when a dispute arises – and others drafting different contracts seeking to avoid problems arising in the first place. The fourth edition of this work, now bearing a new title and benefitting from the arrival of a co-author, has been fully revised to take account of case-law and regulatory developments in the twelve years since the last edition. This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Maritime and Shipping Law online service.Trade Reviewconcise, well-argued answers...extremely useful addition to the armoury of practitioner and academic alike... * Cambridge Law Journal *...a very welcome book and given its intended niche focus is particularly useful to professionals, practitioners and students interested in commodities trading. * Journal of International Maritime Law *Table of Contents1 Documentary Sales on ‘Shipment Terms’ 2 The Buyer Obtains the Right to Delivery of the Goods Through Specific Types of Document 3 How a Seller Transfers Rights to a Buyer 4 The Point at Which the Buyer Assumes the Risk of Loss and the Circumstances in Which They can Sue the Carrier 5 The Time When Property Passes to the Buyer 6 The Bill of Lading is Tendered as a Receipt for the Goods That Have Been Shipped 7 Tender of the Bill of Lading as a Contract of Carriage 8 Tender of Bills of Lading Under Charterparties 9 Rejecting Documents and Goods Appendix: Statutes Sale of Goods Act 1979 Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1992

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Book SynopsisCommercial Uses of Space and Space Tourism combines the perspectives of academics, policy makers and major industry players around three central themes: the international legal challenges posed by the dramatic changes to the spacefaring landscape; the corresponding legal and regulatory responses to these challenges at the national level; and topical questions of global space governance.Chapters cover emerging activities in commercial spacefaring, including space tourism and space transportation, and identify the regulatory issues that may arise in the absence of a clear boundary between airspace and outer space. By taking a pragmatic, inductive approach, the book aims to breathe new life into the discussion of the air?space boundary, while informing readers about the many exciting recent developments in commercial spacefaring.This book will appeal to lecturers, academics and students in space law and air law, as well as policy makers and industry practitioners involved in the regulation of orbital and suborbital commercial spaceflight, both manned and unmanned.Contributors include: P. De Man, M. Gold, A. Harrington, C. Hearsey, T. Herman, A. Kerrest, J.-B. Marciacq, J.-F. Mayence, W. Munters, D.P. Murray, K. Nyman-Metcalf, L.J. Smith, A. Soucek, J. Stubbs, S. Wood, J. WoutersTrade Review'The paradigm shift to commercial and non-governmental space activities is still evolving and requires more than ever a robust and reliable legal framework. Wouters, De Man, Hansen and their contributors present in this book the most accurate assessment and the most appropriate approaches to regulate and at the same time to foster this paradigm shift. The particular value of the book lies in its approach not to abandon the current legal framework for a quick-win and first-come first-served strategy but to carefully develop space law further, maintaining its key principles and opening-up new opportunities.' --Kai-Uwe Schrogl, International Institute of Space Law (IISL)'This book provides a cutting-edge perspective on the issues surrounding commercial uses of space. The editors and contributing authors are well-placed to provide sharp insight and critical analysis.' --Stephan Hobe, University of Cologne, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Commercial uses of space and space tourism: setting the scene PART I Legal Challenges 1. The concept of the ‘launching State’ in commercial launch ventures Armel Kerrest 2. Taking a stance: managing liability for commercial space activities Lesley Jane Smith 3. The scope of international obligations to extend rescue assistance to ‘astronauts’ and ‘personnel’ under the Outer Space Treaty and the Return and Rescue Agreement Steven Wood 4. Small satellites, large constellations, and space debris: in dubio pro LEO? Ward Munters PART II Regulatory Responses 5. US State spaceflight liability and immunity acts in context Andrea J. Harrington 6. Commercial space operations within an existing national legal framework: some lessons learned and the challenges ahead Daniel P. Murray 7. Developing a New Safety Regulatory System for Commercial Sub-orbital Spaceplanes in the UK – the Challenge! Jeremy Stubbs 8. Red tape in the final frontier: Bigelow Aerospace’s adventures in export control Mike N. Gold and Christopher M. Hearsey PART III Space Governance 9. Regulatory choices for sub-orbital flights carrying humans: elements for consideration Thierry Herman and Alexander Soucek 10. Establishing a Regulatory Framework for the Development and Operation of Sub-orbital and Orbital Aircraft in the EU: the Role of the EASA Jean-Bruno Marciacq 11. The Role of UNCOPUOS in the International Regulation of Non-Governmental Space Activities Jean-François Mayence 12. National and international regulatory aspects of commercial space activities: self-regulation as the way forward? Katrin Nyman-Metcalf Index

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Book SynopsisSafe mobility is clearly linked to transport sustainability, as fatalities and injuries resulting from people engaged with transport networks increasingly becomes a public health concern, relative to other health threats. This volume presents the current state of the knowledge across a multitude of analytical and context specific transport safety areas. It includes a comprehensive set of chapters authored by many of the world’s leading experts in both behavioural and engineering aspects of safety mobility. The book increases the level of knowledge on road safety contexts, issues and challenges; shares what can currently be done to address the variety of issues; and points to what needs to be done to make further gains in road safety.Trade ReviewCivil engineers, transportation researchers, and political scientists review what is currently known about global road safety in both academic and practical realms. They cover challenges and solutions in driver behavior, transport networks, and vulnerable road users; methods for understanding and predicting safety performance; and methods for evaluating safety impacts of countermeasures. Among their topics are driver education and licensing, rural and urban intersections, real-time traffic safety and operation, time-series regression models for analyzing transport safety data, and meta-analytic methods. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsIntroduction; Simon Washington and Dominique Lord Driver Behaviour: Challenges and Solutions 1. Driver Education and Licensing Programs; Lyndel Bates, Ashleigh Filtness and Barry Watson 2. Aggressive driving and speeding, Kara Kockelman and Jianming Ma 3. Distracted Driving and Inattention; Mitchell Cunningham and Michael Regan Transport Network: Challenges and Solutions 4. Urban and Suburban Arterials; Tom Brijs and Ali Pirdavani 5. Controlled Access Facilities (freeways); Francesca La Torre 6. Rural and Urban Intersections; Richard Tay 7. Roundabouts; Alfonso Montella 8. Real time traffic safety and operations; Mohamed Abdel-Aty, Qi Shi, Anurag Pande and Rongjie Yu Vulnerable Road Users: Challenges and Solutions 9. Providing for Pedestrians; Per Gårder 10. Providing for Bicyclists; Narelle Haworth and Jacqueline Fuller Methods for Understanding and Predicting Safety Performance 11. Cross-Sectional Modelling; Fred Mannering 12. Time-Series Modelling; Mohammed Quddus 13. Safety Prediction with Datasets Characterized with Excess Zero Responses and Long Tails; Dominique Lord and Srinivas Geedipally 14. Crash Severity Methods; John Ivan and Karthik C. Konduri 15. Detecting high risk accident locations; Simon Washington, Amir Pooyan Afghari, and MD Mazharul Haque 16. Surrogate Measures of Safety; Andrew Tarko Methods for Evaluating Safety Impacts of Countermeasures 17. Before-after Evaluations; Bhagwant Persaud 18. Meta Analytic Methods; Rune Elvik Summary and Conclusions Conclusions and Future Directions; Simon Washington and Dominique Lord

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Book SynopsisAddressing the issues surrounding the uniformity of transport law, Olena Bokareva provides an insight into both its theoretical foundations and the convention regimes that govern different modes of transport. Timely and engaging, this book considers a multitude of potential solutions at both international and EU levels. Uniformity of Transport Law through International Regimes concerns transport conventions and other instruments dealing mainly with carriage of goods by sea and multimodal transport as well as examining the Rotterdam Rules as one of the solutions towards uniformity in carriage of goods law. The discussion on international uniformity in transport law is complemented by an examination of regional harmonization in the context of EU law-making and jurisprudence in the field of international transport. The comparison between international and regional regimes reveals the complexities in application and interpretation of the certain transport conventions, which is detrimental to achieving uniformity.Providing a close examination of international and EU rules, other soft law instruments and case law, this comprehensive book will be a key resource for maritime and transport lawyers, law students and policymakers alike.Trade Review‘Dr Bokareva’s book is undoubtedly an excellent addition to any maritime and transport law library. It must be viewed as utilitarian as well as academic in content, suitable for students, teachers, practitioners, managers and administrators in this specialised area of law. The author deserves to be congratulated for producing a book that is at once a sound reader-friendly reference book, as well as one that is useful for academics in the field of multimodal transport law.’ -- Abhinayan Basu Bal, The Journal of International Maritime Law'An excellent book and essential read for anyone interested in harmonization of transport law. Dr Bokareva skilfully analyses the numerous reform suggestions and harmonization attempts which are pervading international transport law and are rife in a multimodal setting. Built upon a succinct examination of the complex legal landscape, she offers original comment and develops pragmatic and thought-provoking solutions.' --Simone Lamont-Black, University of Edinburgh, UK'Excellent reading for anyone interested in uniformity in international transport law. Penetrating the different attempts to harmonize the rules of international transport law, the book provides deep insight into the historical and current discussion on global transport law as well as the recent EU attempt on drafting a regional regime on multimodal carriage of goods.' --Ellen Eftestöl-Wilhelmsson, University of Helsinki, Finland and University of Oslo, Norway'Uniformity of Transport Law Through International Regimes is a most challenging and solid publication centering around the new 2008 Rotterdam Rules, still waiting and struggling for a sufficient number of ratifications. From a very broad historical and comparative law perspective, the author analyses the actual position of transport law and its future, taking into account the development from uni modal transport through multi modal transport as a consequence of containerization and the impact of digitalization of commercial life. Her analysis is not limited to maritime law proper but encompasses all transport modes. The author also places great interest on the European involvement in shaping regional transport law over global transport law through unification and harmonization. On the eve of Brexit - a victory for many as well as a disaster for others - this analysis is certainly a welcome source of practical information that will be relevant for practicing transport lawyers and academics and commercial people involved in the shipping and transport industry in general. The book is thus an excellent introduction into the general international law transport with a lot of factual historical and commercial information. Well written and well structured and most informative. This is much more than a useful tool in the library of transport lawyer, rather it is a ''must have''.' --Marc A. Huybrechts, Catholic University of Louvain, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. International regime on carriage of goods: an historical overview 3. Multimodal transport and logistics in the contemporary regime of carriage of goods 4. Uniformity in international transport law 5. A new regime for maritime and multimodal transport: The Rotterdam Rules, 2008 6. Shipper’s obligations and liabilities under the Rotterdam Rules, 2008 7. Regional harmonization of transport law – EU law and policy 8. Summary and conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book provides readers with an in-depth discussion of the use of benchmarking in regulation in the European transport sector. It argues that benchmarking is invaluable to regulators, particularly in the transport sector where the pressures of competition in - or for - the market are often absent.Written by a range of expert contributors, chapters offer an analysis of methodology and data requirements, as well as practical examples of the use of benchmarking in the main transport modes (such as road, rail, seaports, airports and local public transport). Utilising illuminating case studies, the book also reviews the importance of benchmarking in the application of European competition law and considers the issue of obtaining appropriate and reliable data to achieve this.Benchmarking and Regulation in Transport will be an essential read for researchers, scholars and students in the fields of economic regulation, governance, transport economics and transport law. It will also be useful for policymakers and regulators who wish to further their understanding of the benefits of benchmarking in an efficiency-enhancing public policy strategy, especially within transport infrastructure.Trade Review‘Benchmarking has become an important tool for sectors such as transport where there is limited direct competition. It aids both regulators and the operators themselves to identify best practice and enhance performance. This valuable volume brings together a comprehensive analysis of the economics of benchmarking, how to benchmark effectively, and applications to individual modes of transport and case studies. The authors are internationally recognised academic authorities in the field but also bring considerable experience of applying benchmarking in practice.’ -- Roger Vickerman, University of Kent and Transport Strategy Centre, Imperial College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Andrea Camanzi xi Preface xiii PART I BACKGROUND 1 The role of benchmarking in efficiency-enhancing strategies 2 Chris Nash and Ginevra Bruzzone 2 Methodology 11 Andrew Smith, Giovanni Fraquelli and Carlo Cambini 3 The issue of data 44 Ginevra Bruzzone and Chris Nash PART II BENCHMARKING AND REGULATION IN THE DIFFERENT TRANSPORT MODES 4 Benchmarking in roads and tolled highways 53 Carlo Cambini and Chris Nash 5 Rail benchmarking 72 Andrew Smith and Chris Nash 6 Local public transport 92 Giovanni Fraquelli 7 Seaports and airports 118 Eddy Van de Voorde and Chris Nash PART III LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE: SOME CASE STUDIES 8 Rail in Britain 138 Chris Nash and Andrew Smith 9 Belgian ports and airports 152 Eddy Van de Voorde PART IV THE INTERPLAY WITH COMPETITION POLICY 10 The interplay of regulation and State aid control in the transport sector 171 Ginevra Bruzzone 11 Benchmarking in EU antitrust law 192 Ginevra Bruzzone PART V CONCLUSION 12 Conclusion: benchmarking and regulation in transport 201 Ginevra Bruzzone and Chris Nash Index

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Book SynopsisThis extensively updated textbook introduces the transport system and its societal impacts in a holistic and multidisciplinary way. A timely second edition, it includes new analyses of travel behaviour and the transport system’s impacts on health and well-being.Key Features: Guidance for transport policy evaluation methods and modelling approaches Systematic approach to analysing higher-order impacts of interventions in the transport system Discussion of topical issues in transport policy, including analysis of current transport innovations The use of case studies to highlight interconnected aspects of the transport system and their relevance to decision making Exploration of the role of transport systems in providing accessibility and their impact on the environment, safety, health and well-being International in scope, this textbook will be invaluable for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying disciplines such as transport policy and transport geography. It will also be useful to the professionals and policymakers in the transport industry.Trade Review‘This is a thoughtfully-organized, comprehensive, yet accessible introduction to the transportation system, its effects on society, and policies designed to guide it. Chapter authors are top scholars in their respective domains, and the result is richly informative. I have already enthusiastically recommended this book to colleagues and students alike.’ -- Patricia L. Mokhtarian, Georgia Institute of Technology, US'This may well be the transport policy textbook staff and students on transport degree courses have been waiting for. With contributions from world experts in their fields, it covers the full range of transport policy topics, is bang up to date, and offers in-depth explanation and analysis, all in an accessible writing style. Highly recommended.' -- Tom Rye, Molde University College, Norway‘This book, fully revised from the first edition, is the most authoritative text on transport policy and transport economics currently available. The authors have managed to build into the book the essential elements of the field that any student studying transportation, or indeed consultants and government agencies, will find enlightening, keeping them up to date.’ -- David A. Hensher, The University of Sydney Business School, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface xxii Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister, and Baiba Pudāne 1 Introduction to The Transport System and Transport Policy 1 Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister and Baiba Pudāne 2 The transport system and its effects on accessibility, the environment, safety, health and well-being: an introduction 3 Bert van Wee PART I THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM 3 Individual needs, opportunities and travel behaviour: a multidisciplinary perspective based on psychology, economics and geography 17 Martin Dijst, Piet Rietveld, Linda Steg, Janet Veldstra and Erik Verhoef 4 Freight transport: indicators, determinants and drivers of change 50 Lóránt Tavasszy and Kees Ruijgrok 5 Land use and transport 76 Bert van Wee 6 Transport resistance factors: time, money and effort 96 Jan Anne Annema 7 Traffic flow theory and modelling 119 Victor L. Knoop and Serge Hoogendoorn 8 Transport technology 154 Jan Anne Annema PART II IMPACTS OF THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM 9 Accessibility: perspectives, measures and applications 179 Karst Geurs and Bert van Wee 10 Transport and the environment 201 Natalia Barbour 11 Traffic safety 229 Fred Wegman and Paul Schepers 12 Travel behaviour and health 259 Bert van Wee and Dick Ettema PART III TRANSPORT POLICY AND RESEARCH 13 Transport policy 275 Jan Anne Annema 14 Transport futures research 294 Vincent Marchau, Warren Walker and Jan Anne Annema 15 Appraisal methods for transport policy 313 Niek Mouter and Piet Rietveld 16 Transportation models and their applications 333 Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia and Bert van Wee Index

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Book SynopsisThis extensively updated textbook introduces the transport system and its societal impacts in a holistic and multidisciplinary way. A timely second edition, it includes new analyses of travel behaviour and the transport system’s impacts on health and well-being.Key Features: Guidance for transport policy evaluation methods and modelling approaches Systematic approach to analysing higher-order impacts of interventions in the transport system Discussion of topical issues in transport policy, including analysis of current transport innovations The use of case studies to highlight interconnected aspects of the transport system and their relevance to decision making Exploration of the role of transport systems in providing accessibility and their impact on the environment, safety, health and well-being International in scope, this textbook will be invaluable for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying disciplines such as transport policy and transport geography. It will also be useful to the professionals and policymakers in the transport industry.Trade Review‘This is a thoughtfully-organized, comprehensive, yet accessible introduction to the transportation system, its effects on society, and policies designed to guide it. Chapter authors are top scholars in their respective domains, and the result is richly informative. I have already enthusiastically recommended this book to colleagues and students alike.’ -- Patricia L. Mokhtarian, Georgia Institute of Technology, US'This may well be the transport policy textbook staff and students on transport degree courses have been waiting for. With contributions from world experts in their fields, it covers the full range of transport policy topics, is bang up to date, and offers in-depth explanation and analysis, all in an accessible writing style. Highly recommended.' -- Tom Rye, Molde University College, Norway‘This book, fully revised from the first edition, is the most authoritative text on transport policy and transport economics currently available. The authors have managed to build into the book the essential elements of the field that any student studying transportation, or indeed consultants and government agencies, will find enlightening, keeping them up to date.’ -- David A. Hensher, The University of Sydney Business School, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface xxii Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister, and Baiba Pudāne 1 Introduction to The Transport System and Transport Policy 1 Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister and Baiba Pudāne 2 The transport system and its effects on accessibility, the environment, safety, health and well-being: an introduction 3 Bert van Wee PART I THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM 3 Individual needs, opportunities and travel behaviour: a multidisciplinary perspective based on psychology, economics and geography 17 Martin Dijst, Piet Rietveld, Linda Steg, Janet Veldstra and Erik Verhoef 4 Freight transport: indicators, determinants and drivers of change 50 Lóránt Tavasszy and Kees Ruijgrok 5 Land use and transport 76 Bert van Wee 6 Transport resistance factors: time, money and effort 96 Jan Anne Annema 7 Traffic flow theory and modelling 119 Victor L. Knoop and Serge Hoogendoorn 8 Transport technology 154 Jan Anne Annema PART II IMPACTS OF THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM 9 Accessibility: perspectives, measures and applications 179 Karst Geurs and Bert van Wee 10 Transport and the environment 201 Natalia Barbour 11 Traffic safety 229 Fred Wegman and Paul Schepers 12 Travel behaviour and health 259 Bert van Wee and Dick Ettema PART III TRANSPORT POLICY AND RESEARCH 13 Transport policy 275 Jan Anne Annema 14 Transport futures research 294 Vincent Marchau, Warren Walker and Jan Anne Annema 15 Appraisal methods for transport policy 313 Niek Mouter and Piet Rietveld 16 Transportation models and their applications 333 Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia and Bert van Wee Index

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Book SynopsisThis light-hearted book is not wholly about the perils of trying to park but it has a strong theme about cricket and football, and it is also a memoir as a veteran sports writer for the Daily Mail. I write about 350 or more personalities I've interviewed or known about. My hero was Denis Compton. I used to listen to a portable radio in hospital aged 11 about his dynamic batting after WW2. Another hero was the great all-round cricketer, Lord Learie Constantine, whom I wrote his articles in the Daily Sketch. He was the first Afro-Caribbean to be a Lord and as a barrister he broke the colour bar in the High Court when he won damages of five guineas, also gave advice for the Race Relations Acts. No-one has done more for diversity than this remarkable, lovable man - and today's generation haven't heard of him, sadly. We are campaigning for a statue of him in the Parliament Estate to add to the three black statues there compared to nearly 300 white statues in the borough of Westminster.

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Book SynopsisTransport is responsible for a growing share of global energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, emerging as an economic sector for which technical solutions have shown limited benefits and a shift to electric mobility is seen as an essential part of tackling both problems. However, despite electric motive power being older technology than internal combustion engines and having many advantages, both inherent disadvantages and the inertia of not being the dominant road transport technology mean that it is only recently that electric vehicles (EVs) have attracted serious policy attention. Electrifying Mobility: Realising a Sustainable Future for the Car examines the basis of this electric mobility ‘turn’, considering the drivers, barriers to adoption and the current lived experience of EV use, drawing upon this experience to inform planning for mass EV adoption and how regulation might change to reflect the specific needs and challenges raised. Considering future transport policy, practice, and management where EVs become an important part of the road transport fleet, and, it is assumed, eventually come to dominate it, chapters study how EV and Connected and Autonomous Vehicle (CAV) technologies relate, and whether there are synergies with shared mobility. The Transport and Sustainability series addresses the important nexus between transport and sustainability containing volumes dealing with a wide range of issues relating to transport, its impact in economic, social, and environmental spheres, and its interaction with other policy sectors.Table of ContentsPart 1: The Political-Economic Context and Environmental Imperative Chapter 1. Introduction: The Electrification of Automobility; Graham Parkhurst Chapter 2. Easy Street for Low-Carbon Mobility? The Political Economy of Mass Electric Car Adoption; Cameron Roberts Chapter 3. The Energy and Emissions Case and The Lifecycle Impact of Electric Cars; Eckard Helmers Part 2: Overcoming Inertia: From Internal Combustion Engine to Electric Car Chapter 4. Producing the Electric Car; Peter Wells and Jean-Paul Skeete Chapter 5. Making the Market: The Transformation Pathway to Electric Car Mobility in The Netherlands; Marc Dijk Chapter 6. Choosing the Electric Car; Colin Whittle and Lorraine Whitmarsh Part 3: Living with the Electric Car Chapter 7. The Effect of Electric Car Adoption on Travel Patterns; Craig Morton Chapter 8. Becoming an Electric Car Owner: User Experience and the EV Community; William Clayton Chapter 9. Planning for Electric Car Charging: A Review of Technologies, Criteria and Methods; Stefania Boglietti, Martina Carra, Massimiliano Sotgiu, Benedetto Barabino, Michela Bonera, and Giulio Maternini Part 4: Electric Cars in the Future Chapter 10. Electric Cars: The Future Technological Potential; Javier Turienzo, Jesús F. Lampón, Roberto Chico-Tat, and Pablo Cabanelas Chapter 11. Americans’ Plans for Acquiring and Using Electric, Shared and Self-Driving Cars; Neil Quarles, Kara M. Kockelman, and Jooyong Lee Chapter 12. Conclusion: The Electric Car as a Component of Future Sustainable Mobility; Graham Parkhurst and William Clayton

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Book SynopsisThe fourth edition consists of consideration of all aspects of the jurisdiction of English courts and arbitrators over maritime claims, applicable law, judgments, remedies and security interests, including the continuing critical impact of membership of the European Union. The comprehensive updating encompasses legislative, convention and judicial developments since the publication of the last edition in 2000 – in particular the replacement of the amended Brussels Jurisdiction and Judgments Convention 1968 by Council Regulation 44/2001 and its effect on other maritime convention jurisdiction provisions, relevant Civil Procedure Rules and judicial interpretation of both.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Maritime Claims and their Consequences Part I: Jurisdiction and Modes of Enforceability Chapter 1. Sources of Admiralty Jurisdiction Chapter 2. The Nature of Maritime Claims Part II: Jurisdiction of English Courts and Arbitral Tribunals Chapter 3. Jurisdiction Bases for Enforcement of Maritime Claims Chapter 4. The Jurisdiction and Judgment Regulation and Convention- Boundaries and Structure Chapter 5. Forum Law or Community Regime? Chapter 6. Regulation 44/2001 and the Brussels Convention - Jurisdiction Allocation in Initial Proceedings Chapter 7. Jurisdiction as Between England, Scotland and Northern Ireland Chapter 8. The Lugano Convention- Divergences from Regulation 44/2001 or the Brussels Convention Chapter 9. Enforcement of Maritime Claims by an Action "in Personam" Chapter 10. Enforcement of Maritime Claims by an action "in Rem" Chapter 11. Delay in Suit Chapter 12. Restrictions Jurisdiction Chapter 13. Arbitration Part III: Interim Relief Chapter 14. Nature and Basis of Interim Relief Chapter 15. Arrest and Alternative Security Chapter 16. The "Freezing Injunction" Part IV: Security on the Merits- The Lien Concept Chapter 17. Nature and Development of Liens Chapter 18. Maritime Liens Chapter 19. Statutory Liens in Admiralty Chapter 20. Possessory Liens Chapter 21. Equitable Liens Chapter 22. Creating a Lien by Contract Chapter 23. Priorities Part V: Remedies Chapter 24. Limitation of Liability Chapter 25. Remedies Determinative of Substantive Issues Part VI Foreign Law Chapter 26. Application of Foreign Law Chapter 27. Enforcement of Foreign Judgments and Arbitral Awards Outside the Brussels and Lugano Conventions Chapter 28. Judgments and Settlements within a European Judgements Regime

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Book SynopsisIn this clear and observant book, Kenneth Button provides an overview of the economics and political economy of transport security, considering its policy from an economic perspective. His analysis applies micro-economic theory to transport issues, supporting and enhancing the larger framework of our knowledge about personal, industrial, and national security.Button's focus on the economic aspects of transportation security strives to move beyond established technical and legal approaches, working within both the narrower microeconomics of individual and corporate efficiency and the larger trends in economic policy-making. By fitting current security trends into economic analysis, he discusses not only contemporary developments, but also their economic implications and approaches for assessing alternative strategies.This examination of applied economics is a must-read for those looking to gain a broader view of transport security issues. It is a critical resource for those in the security industries as well as those involved in education about transport, security matters, and applied microeconomics. Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Scale and Nature of the Terrorist Problem 3. Some Basic Economics of Transportation Security 4. Links Between Market Structure and Security 5. The Economic Instruments of Security Policy 6. Security and Air Transportation 7. The Economics of Shopping Mall Security 8. Maritime Security 9. Some Conclusions IndexTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Scale and Nature of the Terrorist Problem 3. Some Basic Economics of Transportation Security 4. Links Between Market Structure and Security 5. The Economic Instruments of Security Policy 6. Security and Air Transportation 7. The Economics of Shopping Mall Security 8. Maritime Security 9. Some Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisDriverless vehicles have received much public attention in recent years and made their way to the forefront of mobility research. While some early predictions on their feasibility have proven overly optimistic, useful applications are already emerging. The proceedings presented here examine the various legal approaches, based on differing assumptions about the technical possibilities as well as on diverging ethical and socio-economic conditions.

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