The Transport System and Transport Policy
An Introduction: Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 11. August 2023
Book
Hardback
402 pages
978-1-80220-675-3 (ISBN)
Description
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 approaches
Systematic approach to analysing higher-order impacts of interventions in the transport system
Discussion of topical issues in transport policy, including analysis of current transport innovations
The use of case studies to highlight interconnected aspects of the transport system and their relevance to decision making
Exploration of the role of transport systems in providing accessibility and their impact on the environment, safety, health and well-being
International 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.
Key Features:
Guidance for transport policy evaluation methods and modelling approaches
Systematic approach to analysing higher-order impacts of interventions in the transport system
Discussion of topical issues in transport policy, including analysis of current transport innovations
The use of case studies to highlight interconnected aspects of the transport system and their relevance to decision making
Exploration of the role of transport systems in providing accessibility and their impact on the environment, safety, health and well-being
International 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.
Reviews / Votes
'This is a thoughtfully-organized, comprehensive, yet accessible introduction to the transportation system, its effects on society, and policies designed to guide it. Chapter authors are top scholars in their respective domains, and the result is richly informative. I have already enthusiastically recommended this book to colleagues and students alike.' -- Patricia L. Mokhtarian, Georgia Institute of Technology, US 'This may well be the transport policy textbook staff and students on transport degree courses have been waiting for. With contributions from world experts in their fields, it covers the full range of transport policy topics, is bang up to date, and offers in-depth explanation and analysis, all in an accessible writing style. Highly recommended.' -- Tom Rye, Molde University College, Norway 'This book, fully revised from the first edition, is the most authoritative text on transport policy and transport economics currently available. The authors have managed to build into the book the essential elements of the field that any student studying transportation, or indeed consultants and government agencies, will find enlightening, keeping them up to date.' -- David A. Hensher, The University of Sydney Business School, AustraliaMore details
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 169 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-80220-675-3 (9781802206753)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Previous edition
Bert van Wee | Jan Anne Annema | David Banister
The Transport System and Transport Policy
An Introduction
Book
12/2012
Edward Elgar Publishing
€178.27
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Persons
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 Pudane, Assistant Professor, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
Content
Contents:
Preface xxii
Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister, and Baiba Pudane
1 Introduction to The Transport System and Transport Policy 1
Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister and Baiba Pudane
2 The transport system and its effects on accessibility, the
environment, safety, health and well-being: an introduction 3
Bert van Wee
PART I THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM
3 Individual needs, opportunities and travel behaviour:
a multidisciplinary perspective based on psychology, economics
and geography 17
Martin Dijst, Piet Rietveld, Linda Steg, Janet Veldstra and Erik Verhoef
4 Freight transport: indicators, determinants and drivers of change 50
Lorant Tavasszy and Kees Ruijgrok
5 Land use and transport 76
Bert van Wee
6 Transport resistance factors: time, money and effort 96
Jan Anne Annema
7 Traffic flow theory and modelling 119
Victor L. Knoop and Serge Hoogendoorn
8 Transport technology 154
Jan Anne Annema
PART II IMPACTS OF THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM
9 Accessibility: perspectives, measures and applications 179
Karst Geurs and Bert van Wee
10 Transport and the environment 201
Natalia Barbour
11 Traffic safety 229
Fred Wegman and Paul Schepers
12 Travel behaviour and health 259
Bert van Wee and Dick Ettema
PART III TRANSPORT POLICY AND RESEARCH
13 Transport policy 275
Jan Anne Annema
14 Transport futures research 294
Vincent Marchau, Warren Walker and Jan Anne Annema
15 Appraisal methods for transport policy 313
Niek Mouter and Piet Rietveld
16 Transportation models and their applications 333
Goncalo Homem de Almeida Correia and Bert van Wee
Index
Preface xxii
Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister, and Baiba Pudane
1 Introduction to The Transport System and Transport Policy 1
Bert van Wee, Jan Anne Annema, David Banister and Baiba Pudane
2 The transport system and its effects on accessibility, the
environment, safety, health and well-being: an introduction 3
Bert van Wee
PART I THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM
3 Individual needs, opportunities and travel behaviour:
a multidisciplinary perspective based on psychology, economics
and geography 17
Martin Dijst, Piet Rietveld, Linda Steg, Janet Veldstra and Erik Verhoef
4 Freight transport: indicators, determinants and drivers of change 50
Lorant Tavasszy and Kees Ruijgrok
5 Land use and transport 76
Bert van Wee
6 Transport resistance factors: time, money and effort 96
Jan Anne Annema
7 Traffic flow theory and modelling 119
Victor L. Knoop and Serge Hoogendoorn
8 Transport technology 154
Jan Anne Annema
PART II IMPACTS OF THE TRANSPORT SYSTEM
9 Accessibility: perspectives, measures and applications 179
Karst Geurs and Bert van Wee
10 Transport and the environment 201
Natalia Barbour
11 Traffic safety 229
Fred Wegman and Paul Schepers
12 Travel behaviour and health 259
Bert van Wee and Dick Ettema
PART III TRANSPORT POLICY AND RESEARCH
13 Transport policy 275
Jan Anne Annema
14 Transport futures research 294
Vincent Marchau, Warren Walker and Jan Anne Annema
15 Appraisal methods for transport policy 313
Niek Mouter and Piet Rietveld
16 Transportation models and their applications 333
Goncalo Homem de Almeida Correia and Bert van Wee
Index