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Introduction to Transport Policy - A Public Policy View (Paperback)
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Introduction to Transport Policy - A Public Policy View (Paperback)
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This comprehensive and accessible textbook introduces the basic
concepts of transport policy and decision-making to students of
transport policy, transport planning, urban transport, transport
evaluation and public policy.It presents the foundations and
rationale of transport policy, incorporating a review of the policy
formulation process and models of decision-making appropriate to
public sector policy-makers. Topics covered include: - The basics
of transport planning and traffic theory deemed necessary to
understand policy implications of issues including congestion,
safety and parking. - Potential solutions to problems such as road
user charges, travel demand management, voluntary travel behavior
change, transport system management and public transport
investment. - Prescriptions for technological change. - Discussion
of the need for an integrated land transport policy along with a
case study to illustrate how this might be developed for a typical
metropolitan area. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. History of
Transport with Policy Implications 3. Policy Needs and Policy
Processes 4. Economic and Sustainability Foundations 5. Traffic
Theory and Transport Planning Foundations 6. Social Exclusion 7.
Tackling the Externalities - Environment 8. Tackling the
Externalities - Health and Safety 9. Tackling the Externalities -
Congestion 10. Tackling the Externalities - Fuels and Technology
11. Agglomeration and Other Wider Economic Benefits 12. Road User
Charges 13. Potential Solutions - Public Transport Investment and
Technology 14. Potential Solutions - TSM, TDM, VTBC, etc 15. Goods
Movement 16. An Integrated Land Use/Transport Policy
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