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The complexity of transportation systems and their negative social and environmental effects are today at the centre of attention. This book focuses on the impact of institutions and regulatory systems on transport systems and travel behaviour. While institutions appear to play an important role in the economic success of many countries, this book considers the extent to which they also support sustainable development.
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Barriers to Sustainable Transport Transport, Development and Sustainability Series editor: David Banister, Professor of Transport Planning, University College London European Transport Policy and Sustainable Mobility David Banister, Dominic Stead, Peter Steen, Jonas Akerman, Karl Dreborg, Peter Nijkamp and Ruggero Schleicher-Tappeser The Politics of Mobility: transport, the environment and public policy Geoff Vigar Experimenting for Sustainable Transport: the approach of Strategic Niche Management Remco Hoogma, Rene Kemp, Johan Schot and Bernard Truffer Transport Planning – Second Edition David Banister Unfare Solutions: local earmarked charges to fund public transport Barry Ubbels, Marcus Enoch, Stephen Potter and Peter Nijkamp Barriers to Sustainable Transport Edited by Piet Rietveld and Roger R. Stough edited by Piet Rietveld and Roger R. Stough Barriers to Sustainable Transport Institutions, regulation and sustainability First published 2005 by Spon Press 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada By Spon Press, 270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Tchis edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” Spon Press is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group © 2005 Piet Rietveld and Roger Stough, selection and editorial matter, individual chapters, the contributors All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue card of this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Barriers to sustainable transport : institutions, regulation and sustainability / edited by Piet Rietveld and Roger Stough. p. cm.—(Transport, development and sustainability) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-415-32362-2 (hard cover : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-203-35668-3 (e book) 1. Transportation—Environmental aspects. 2. Transportation—Social aspects. 3. Transportation and state. 4. Sustainable development. I. Rietveld, Piet. II. Stough, Roger. III. Series. ISBN 0-203-00504-X Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-415-32362-2 Hbk) ISBN 0-203-35668-3 (e book) Contents Preface vii The Contributors ix List of Abbreviations xi 01 1 Institutional dimensions of sustainable transport Piet Rietveld and Roger R. Stough Part One Transport Policy 02 Public and private initiatives in infrastructure provision Roger Vickerman 18 03 Myths and taboos in transport policy Kenneth Button 37 04 Overcoming barriers to the implementation of sustainable transport David Banister 54 05 Barriers to transport pricing Barry Ubbels and Erik Verhoef 69 06 Alternative implementation strategies for radical transport schemes Marcus P. Enoch 94 07 A research agenda for institutions, regulation