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The Transport System and Transport Policy
An Introduction, Second Edition
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
Contents
Contents:
Preface xxii
Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister, and Baiba Pudāne
1 Introduction to The Transport System and Transport Policy 1
Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister and Baiba Pudāne
2 The transport system and its effects on accessibility, the
environment, safety, health and well-being: an introduction 3
Bert van Wee
PART I THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM
3 Individual needs, opportunities and travel behaviour:
a multidisciplinary perspective based on psychology, economics
and geography 17
Martin Dijst, Piet Rietveld, Linda Steg, Janet Veldstra and Erik Verhoef
4 Freight transport: indicators, determinants and drivers of change 50
Lóránt Tavasszy and Kees Ruijgrok
5 Land use and transport 76
Bert van Wee
6 Transport resistance factors: time, money and effort 96
Jan Anne Annema
7 Traffic flow theory and modelling 119
Victor L. Knoop and Serge Hoogendoorn
8 Transport technology 154
Jan Anne Annema
PART II IMPACTS OF THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM
9 Accessibility: perspectives, measures and applications 179
Karst Geurs and Bert van Wee
10 Transport and the environment 201
Natalia Barbour
11 Traffic safety 229
Fred Wegman and Paul Schepers
12 Travel behaviour and health 259
Bert van Wee and Dick Ettema
PART III TRANSPORT POLICY AND RESEARCH
13 Transport policy 275
Jan Anne Annema
14 Transport futures research 294
Vincent Marchau, Warren Walker and Jan Anne Annema
15 Appraisal methods for transport policy 313
Niek Mouter and Piet Rietveld
16 Transportation models and their applications 333
Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia and Bert van Wee
Index
Preface xxii
Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister, and Baiba Pudāne
1 Introduction to The Transport System and Transport Policy 1
Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister and Baiba Pudāne
2 The transport system and its effects on accessibility, the
environment, safety, health and well-being: an introduction 3
Bert van Wee
PART I THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM
3 Individual needs, opportunities and travel behaviour:
a multidisciplinary perspective based on psychology, economics
and geography 17
Martin Dijst, Piet Rietveld, Linda Steg, Janet Veldstra and Erik Verhoef
4 Freight transport: indicators, determinants and drivers of change 50
Lóránt Tavasszy and Kees Ruijgrok
5 Land use and transport 76
Bert van Wee
6 Transport resistance factors: time, money and effort 96
Jan Anne Annema
7 Traffic flow theory and modelling 119
Victor L. Knoop and Serge Hoogendoorn
8 Transport technology 154
Jan Anne Annema
PART II IMPACTS OF THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM
9 Accessibility: perspectives, measures and applications 179
Karst Geurs and Bert van Wee
10 Transport and the environment 201
Natalia Barbour
11 Traffic safety 229
Fred Wegman and Paul Schepers
12 Travel behaviour and health 259
Bert van Wee and Dick Ettema
PART III TRANSPORT POLICY AND RESEARCH
13 Transport policy 275
Jan Anne Annema
14 Transport futures research 294
Vincent Marchau, Warren Walker and Jan Anne Annema
15 Appraisal methods for transport policy 313
Niek Mouter and Piet Rietveld
16 Transportation models and their applications 333
Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia and Bert van Wee
Index