Driving Change

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Economic, demographic and technological changes point to the need for our transport system to evolve substantially in future, raising questions of how best to achieve this given the legacy of costly past investments. In this book David Metz offers new insights into how the system as a whole needs to adapt, and wise advice about how to bring this about. Efficient, clean transportation is fundamental to a healthy economy and society; anybody with an interest in it ought to read Driving Change. -- Diane Coyle, Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge This timely and excellent book draws out the lessons from important changes in travel behaviour that others appear not to have noticed. We have stopped travelling further and faster as we continue to use the same amount of time. So it is digital platforms and transport management that are the challenges of the future, rather than the traditional models of how to save time. -- Bridget Rosewell, Chair, Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) David Metz's new book is a refreshing antidote to the sometimes breathless speculation about the potential impacts - good and bad - of new transport technologies, such as driverless cars, Mobility as a Service and digital platforms. His conclusion - which may surprise some - is that while these new technologies may have benefits if appropriately deployed, they are unlikely to have the transformative impact of earlier innovations like the railway, the private car - or the wheel itself. -- Ben Plowden, Transport for London This book would be an ideal introductory textbook both in style and breadth. It encourages an intellectual inclusiveness leading to a model of modest scepticism. -- Phil Goodwin, Local Transport Today