Detailed description Comprising contributions from a range of experts, this volume offers a critical commentary on the government's sustainable transport policy. * A critical commentary on the Blair government's sustainable transport policy and its implementation. * Firmly rooted in an appreciation of the politics of this controversial field. * Experts contribute up-to-the-minute analyses of the key issues. * Will inform debate over the future of transport policy. * Includes a Foreword by David Begg, Chair of the Commission for Integrated Transport.
From the contents Series Editors' Preface.
Notes on Contributors.
Foreword.
Preface.
List of Abbreviations.
Part I Policy and Politics.
1 Policy, Politics and Sustainable Transport: The Nature of Labour's Dilemma (Iain Docherty).
2 Devolution and Sustainable Transport (Austin Smyth).
3 Local Transport Planning under Labour (Geoff Vigar and Dominic Stead).
Part II Progress in Policy Implementation.
4 Roads and Traffic Congestion Policies: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (William Walton).
5 A Railway Renaissance? (Jon Shaw and John Farrington).
6 Light Rail and the London Underground (Richard Knowles and Peter White).
7 A'Thoroughbred' in the Making? The Bus Industry under Labour (John Preston).
8 Ubiquitous, Everyday Walking and Cycling: The Acid Test of a Sustainable Transport Policy (Rodney Tolley).
9 Air Transport Policy: Reconciling Growth and Sustainability? (Brian Graham).
Part III The Future.
10 Towards a Genuinely Sustainable Transport Agenda for the United Kingdom (Phil Goodwin).
