{"product_id":"a-new-deal-for-transport-9781405106306","title":"A New Deal for Transport","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComprising contributions from a range of experts, this volume offers a critical commentary on the government''s sustainable transport policy.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA critical commentary on the Blair government''s sustainable transport policy and its implementation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFirmly rooted in an appreciation of the politics of this controversial field.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExperts contribute up-to-the-minute analyses of the key issues.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWill inform debate over the future of transport policy.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a Foreword by David Begg, Chair of the Commission for Integrated Transport.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"should be on every consultant’s, politician’s and planner’s desk and in the library of every institution where transport is seriously studied\" (\u003ci\u003eLogistic and Transport Focus\u003c\/i\u003e, March 2004)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book outlines the political and implementation questions relating to transport policy delivery in the UK. Despite good intentions and a radical policy agenda this book reveals the Labour Government has failed to reduce the need to travel and to improve travel choice. Society has become more car dependent, levels of congestion and unreliability have increased, and the goal of sustainable transport has disappeared. The contributors to this book systematically document and assess the record of the Government on transport over the last six years.\"\u003cbr\u003e --David Banister, University College London\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in UK transport policy. It debunks, in forensic detail, the myth that the government has a coherent strategy for transport.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Christian Wolmar, author of \u003ci\u003eBroke Rails – How Privatisation Wrecked Britain’s Railways\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is valuable not only to transport geographers and the growing literature on sustainable transport, but to anyone interested in how government promises fail to come to fruition.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Geographical Journal\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeries Editors’ Preface ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Policy and Politics 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Policy, Politics and Sustainable Transport: The Nature of Labour’s Dilemma 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIain Docherty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Devolution and Sustainable Transport 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustin Smyth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Local Transport Planning under Labour 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeoff Vigar and Dominic Stead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Progress in Policy Implementation 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Roads and Traffic Congestion Policies: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam Walton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Railway Renaissance? 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJon Shaw and John Farrington\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Light Rail and the London Underground 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Knowles and Peter White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 A ‘Thoroughbred’ in the Making? The Bus Industry under Labour 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Preston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Ubiquitous, Everyday Walking and Cycling: The Acid Test of a Sustainable Transport Policy 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRodney Tolley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Air Transport Policy: Reconciling Growth and Sustainability? 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrian Graham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III The Future 227\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Towards a Genuinely Sustainable Transport Agenda for the United Kingdom 229\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhil Goodwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 245\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407840813399,"sku":"9781405106306","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405106306.jpg?v=1730500706","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-new-deal-for-transport-9781405106306","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}