Transport System and Transport Policy

An Introduction: Second Edition

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvBert van Wee,Jan A. Annema,David Banister,Baiba Pudāne

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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 approachesSystematic approach to analysing higher-order impacts of interventions in the transport systemDiscussion of topical issues in transport policy, including analysis of current transport innovationsThe use of case studies to highlight interconnected aspects of the transport system and their relevance to decision makingExploration of the role of transport systems in providing accessibility and their impact on the environment, safety, health and well-beingInternational 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.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-08-11
Mått169 x 244 x undefined mm
Vikt0 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Upplaga2
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781802206760

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Edited by Bert van Wee, Professor of Transport Policy, Jan Anne Annema, Associate Professor of Transport Policy, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, David Banister, Emeritus Professor of Transport Studies, School of Geography and the Environment and Senior Research Fellow, St Anne's College, University of Oxford, UK and Baiba Pudāne, Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

Contents:Preface xxiiBert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister, and Baiba Pudāne1 Introduction to The Transport System and Transport Policy 1Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister and Baiba Pudāne2 The transport system and its effects on accessibility, theenvironment, safety, health and well-being: an introduction 3Bert van WeePART I THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM3 Individual needs, opportunities and travel behaviour:a multidisciplinary perspective based on psychology, economicsand geography 17Martin Dijst, Piet Rietveld, Linda Steg, Janet Veldstra and Erik Verhoef4 Freight transport: indicators, determinants and drivers of change 50Lóránt Tavasszy and Kees Ruijgrok5 Land use and transport 76Bert van Wee6 Transport resistance factors: time, money and effort 96Jan Anne Annema7 Traffic flow theory and modelling 119Victor L. Knoop and Serge Hoogendoorn8 Transport technology 154Jan Anne AnnemaPART II IMPACTS OF THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM9 Accessibility: perspectives, measures and applications 179Karst Geurs and Bert van Wee10 Transport and the environment 201Natalia Barbour11 Traffic safety 229Fred Wegman and Paul Schepers12 Travel behaviour and health 259Bert van Wee and Dick EttemaPART III TRANSPORT POLICY AND RESEARCH13 Transport policy 275Jan Anne Annema14 Transport futures research 294Vincent Marchau, Warren Walker and Jan Anne Annema15 Appraisal methods for transport policy 313Niek Mouter and Piet Rietveld16 Transportation models and their applications 333Gonçalo Homem de Almeida Correia and Bert van WeeIndex