Planning sustainable transport

Publication Year

2013

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Offers a cross-disciplinary overview of transport systems and the ways in which they interact with urban and regional planning decisions and environmental issues. Offers a critique of existing methodology and policy, methodically exploring the definitions, trends, problems, objectives and policies of transport planning. Chapters cover: definitions of sustainability, transport and planning; travel and haulage trends; fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions; location and land use; problems of congestion, interchanging, trans-shipment and space budget; transport costs; managing environmental impacts; mobility and accessibility; supporting the economy; road vehicle design; public transport; tolls, taxes, tariffs, fares, fines and fees; predicting and estimating transport and travel demand; and the agenda for planning sustainable transport.

Document History

Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor and Francis Group.

Author

Hutton, B.

ISBN

9781849713900

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