Transport Matters / / ed. by Iain Docherty, Jon Shaw.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• MitwirkendeR: Anable, Jillian,; Barr, Stewart,; Brand, Christian,; Chatterjee, Kiron,; Clark, Julie,; Clayton, William,; Cohen, Tom,; Curl, Angela,; Dawson, David,; Docherty, Iain,; Durrant, Dan,; Goodwin, Phil,; Gray, David,; Hickman, Robin,; Jain, Juliet,; Lyons, Glenn,; Marsden, Greg,; McTernan, John,; Middleton, Jennie,; Musselwhite, Charles,; Parkhurst, Graham,; Preston, John,; Seedhouse, Andrew,; Shaw, Jon,; Spinney, Justin,; Varna, Georgiana,; Vigar, Geoff,; Waite, David,
• HerausgeberIn: Docherty, Iain,; Shaw, Jon,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (452 p.) :; 37 Black and White

This book shows that transport matters. Comprising a series of highly accessible chapters written by respected experts, it reviews key transport issues and explains how and why effective and efficient transport is fundamental to successfully addressing all manner of public policy goals. Contributors explore how we ‘do’ transport, as a result of the technologies available to us and the cultures surrounding how we use them, and examine how this has significant social, economic and environmental consequences. They also provide key recommendations for how we could do things differently to bring about a happier, healthier and more economically secure future for all of us.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of figures, tables and boxes -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Setting the scene -- Transport matters -- The political economy of transport and travel -- Energy, pollution and climate change -- Social inclusion, accessibility and emotional work -- Dealing with policy inheritance -- Influencing travel behaviour -- The gentle tyranny of cost–benefit analysis in transport appraisal -- Forecasting road traffic and its significance for transport policy -- Health, wellbeing and quality of life -- Connecting places: towards a participatory, ordinary urbanism -- The journey experience -- Public engagement and consultation: decide, announce and defend? -- Remote, rural and island communities -- New policy imperatives -- Disruption and resilience: new realities? -- Changing demographics -- Will the ‘smart mobility’ revolution matter? -- Future mobility -- Index