This book adds a critical perspective to the legal dialogue on the regulation of 'smart urban mobility. Mobility is one of the most visible sub-domains of the 'smart city, which has become shorthand for technological advances that influence how cities are structured, public serv…
European economic integration
This topical book examines the consequences of our car-based transport system for social policy. Readers are introduced to the complexity of the relationship between transport and society together with the debates about the social inequalities produced by the transport system an…
This dictionary helps clarify some of the jargon used in transportation and provides factual information about the key institutions and technologies in the sector. The precise and clearly focused contributions are by leading authorities in their fields and concentrate on the soc…
Urban mobility is a major problem all over the world. This book addresses the problem of managing urban mobility systems in a novel way by considering the complexity and diversity of the conurbation and agents involved in a UMS, putting forward the evidence that urban mobility m…
Sustainable mobility has long been sought after in cities around the world, particularly in industrialised countries, but also increasingly in the emerging cities in Asia. Progress however appears difficult to make as the private car, still largely fuelled by petrol or diesel, r…
Transport policy in Britain
by Glaister, Stephen, Burnham, June, Stevens, Handley, Travers, Tony
fromPublic policy and politics
Transport is high on the political agenda as Labour in office attempts to redefine transport policy to meet environmental and social goals. This work explains who takes the decisions, how the organizations inside and outside government work, and the planning and financial framew…
This is a fully edited text arising from a major European Commission research project - Policy Scenarios for Sustainable Mobility (POSSUM). New material has also been commissioned to produce a valuable publication for all those concerned with transport and in particular for thos…