The Transport Debate

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Title:	The Transport Debate
Description:	At a time when transport is high on the political agenda and government decision-making is being vigorously scrutinised, there is a need for an incisive and accessible analysis of the key policy issues. This book is a highly readable introduction to the transport debate from two experts in the field. The authors celebrate the advantages of a modern transport system, but argue that years of poorly conceived and executed transport policy have resulted in Britain's transport system being far worse than it should be. They show that a substandard transport system creates economic, social and environmental costs, but demonstrate how these can be addressed through affordable and politically deliverable changes. Using a refreshingly novel approach, Shaw and Docherty use the familiar idea of the journey as the basis for their discussion. The book follows members of the Smith family as they uncover a wide array of transport issues, including why the problems we all encounter as we travel around actually come about; which policy trade-offs were responsible for creating them in the first place; what impacts we all have to suffer as a result; and what we can do to fix them. This lively and engaging approach will make the book ideal for a wide readership.
Authors:	Jon Shaw, Iain Docherty
Resource Type:	eBook.
Subjects:	Transportation geography, Transportation and state, Transportation--Social aspects
Categories:	TRANSPORTATION / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy
Database:	eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)

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