This is a book about the importance of transport, travel and mobility in modern society. The authors undertake a detailed review not just of key issues that are significant within the transport sector, but also of how and why transport is significant in addressing other policy goals. There are three main areas of focus: a) How we ‘do’ transport, as a result of available technologies and how we use them, b) How the ways in which we ‘do’ transport have certain consequences, across a wide range of policy areas, and c) How we could do things differently, to bring about different consequences. The ... More

This is a book about the importance of transport, travel and mobility in modern society. The authors undertake a detailed review not just of key issues that are significant within the transport sector, but also of how and why transport is significant in addressing other policy goals. There are three main areas of focus: a) How we ‘do’ transport, as a result of available technologies and how we use them, b) How the ways in which we ‘do’ transport have certain consequences, across a wide range of policy areas, and c) How we could do things differently, to bring about different consequences. The book contains 16 chapters, each of which focuses on a specific theme. They have been edited together to demonstrate why and how, as a key part of a wider and connected approach to public policy, a better transport system will result not just in better journey experiences, but will also improve economic, environmental and social wellbeing. The book draws largely but not exclusively on examples from Great Britain, but has international relevance because the fundamental issues hold true across the developed world, notwithstanding different local contexts.