Transport planning and policy

"e;The Great American Dream of cruising down the parkway, zipping from here to there at any time has given way to a true nightmare that is destroying the environment, costing billions and deeply impacting our personal well-being.

It is difficult to imagine a world without the car, and yet that is exactly what Dennis and Urry set out to do in this provocative new book.

How can a 10 pound bird bring down a 150,000 pounds aircraft?

Comprising contributions from a range of experts, this volume offers a critical commentary on the government's sustainable transport policy.

Urban expert John Rossant and business journalist Stephen Baker look beyond the false promises of the past to examine the real future of transportation and the repercussions for the world's cities, the global economy, the environment, and our individual lives.

London Orbital is Iain Sinclair's exceptional voyage of discovery into the unloved outskirts of the city'My book of the year.

Several of the papers in this volume are concerned with assessing both the timing and the impacts of deregulation and regulatory reform in the US transportation sector.

The bus is the most patronised of all land-based public passenger mode but is seen as a somewhat unglamorous means of supporting mobility and accessibility, in contrast to rail - heavy and light, yet offers so much to the travelling public as well as offering attractive sustainability opportunities.

This volume raises many challenging and controversial issues surrounding motorway procurement and finance in Europe.

This book represents the proceedings of a conference held at KobeUniversity, that brought together some of the world's leading researchers in the field oftransportation planning and policy.