Transport Matters

Iain Docherty is Dean of the Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of Stirling. Jon Shaw is Professor of Geography at the University of Plymouth.

• Foreword by John McTernanPart I: Setting the sceneTransport matters ~ Jon Shaw and Iain DochertyThe political economy of transport and travel ~ Iain Docherty, Jon Shaw and David WaiteEnergy, pollution and climate change ~ Jillian Anable and Christian BrandSocial inclusion, accessibility and emotional work ~ Jennie Middleton and Justin SpinneyPart II: Dealing with policy inheritanceInfluencing travel behaviour ~ Stewart Barr and John PrestonThe gentle tyranny of cost-benefit analysis in transport appraisal ~ Robin HickmanForecasting road traffic and its significance for transport policy ~ Phil GoodwinHealth, wellbeing and quality of life ~ Angela Curl and Julie ClarkConnecting places: towards a participatory, ordinary urbanism ~ Geoff Vigar and Georgiana VarnaThe journey experience ~ Juliet Jain and William ClaytonPublic engagement and consultation: decide, announce and defend? ~ Tom Cohen and Dan DurrantRemote, rural and island communities ~ David GrayPart III: New policy imperativesDisruption and resiliene: new realities? ~ David Dawson and Greg MarsdenChanging demographics ~ Charles Musselwhite and Kiron ChatterjeeWill the 'smart mobility' revolution matter? ~ Graham Parkhurst and Andrew SeedhouseFuture mobility ~ Glenn Lyons

"A well-thumbed copy of this book should be on every transport minister's desk. It shows why transport is such a key policy tool of government and explains why it is so rarely used well." Christian Wolmar, Transport writer and broadcaster