
Hardback
The Transport System and Transport Policy
An Introduction
2nd edition
9781802206753 Edward Elgar Publishing
This 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.
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This 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.
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.
Critical Acclaim
‘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, Australia
– 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, Australia
Contributors
Contributors include: Jan Anne Annema, David Banister, Natalia Barbour, Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia, Martin Dijst, Dick Ettema, Karst Geurs, Serge Hoogendoorn, Victor Knoop, Vincent Marchau, Niek Mouter, Baiba Pudāne, Piet Rietveld†, Kees Ruijgrok, Paul Schepers, Linda Steg, Lóránt Tavasszy, Janet Veldstra, Erik Verhoef, Warren Walker, Bert van Wee, Fred Wegman