This Reader provides a critical review of British transport policy since the Labour Government came into office in 1997 and looks at possible solutions to Britain's ongoing transport problems. It brings together the best recent articles on transport from the quarterly Public Money & Management, now revised and updated, with specially-written additional studies. The readings are a source of well-informed opinion and ideas on topics such as private-public partnerships, delivering a sustainable transport policy, new opportunities for the railways, and evaluating the Government's Ten Year Plan for…mehr
This Reader provides a critical review of British transport policy since the Labour Government came into office in 1997 and looks at possible solutions to Britain's ongoing transport problems. It brings together the best recent articles on transport from the quarterly Public Money & Management, now revised and updated, with specially-written additional studies. The readings are a source of well-informed opinion and ideas on topics such as private-public partnerships, delivering a sustainable transport policy, new opportunities for the railways, and evaluating the Government's Ten Year Plan for transport. They are written by leading practitioners and academics, and contain much original research material. Throughout, the emphasis is on critical discussion of how policies are being delivered in practice, and on constructive ideas for improvement.
Francis Terry is a Fellow of the Interdisciplinary Institute of Management at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has represented the UK government at international conferences on the transport and disposal of waste, investigated privatisation and investment in infrastructure for Union Railways, studied access to transport and modal shift for the Highways Agency and evaluated Clear Zones. He acts as Chairman of the Regulated Industries Network.
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Part I: Policy and Planning Issues.
1. Introduction: Transport Policy in Uncertain Times. (FrancisTerry).
2. Solving Congestion. (Phil Goodwin).
3. Greater London - Growing or Shrinking - ADiscussion. (Terence Bendixson).
4. Climate Change and a Sustainable Transport Policy. (MayerHillman).
5. Bringing Buses up to Standard. (Stephen Joseph).
6. The Impact of Evidence on Transport Policy-Making: the Caseof Road Construction. (Francis Terry).
7. Cars in the Landscape: Some Undefined Questions for TransportPolicy. (Reg Harman).
8. Sustainable Transport Policy: the Contribution fromBehavioural Scientists. (Linda Steg).
9. Crossing London: Overcoming Obstacles to Crossrail. (StephenGlaister and Tony Travers).
Part II: Finance and Management Issues.
10. Railpolitik: The Financial Realities of OperatingBritain's National Railways. (Jean Shaoul).
11. Transport, Tax-Payers and the Treasury. (Don Riley).
12. Past Abuses and Future Uses of Private Finance andPublic-Private Partnerships in Transport. (Stephen Glaister).
13. Realising the New Opportunity for the Railways. (Tony Boldenand Reg Harman).
14. A Financial Appraisal of the London UndergroundPublic-Private Partnership. (Jean Shaoul).
15. Regulatory Control of the Track Access Charges of Railtrackplc. (John Stittle).
16. Delivering Better Transport? An Evaluation of the Ten-YearPlan for the Railway Industry: Gerald Crompton and Robert Jupe.
17. The Company Response to Government Policies on Transport.(John Elliott).
