Gridlock

Congested Cities, Contested Policies, Unsustainable Mobility
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-138-85197-9
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 451 g

Cities across the world are facing unprecedented challenges in traffic management and transit congestion while coping with growing populations and mobility aspirations; existing policies that aim to tackle congestion and create more sustainable transport futures offer only weak remedies. In Gridlock: Congested Cities, Contested Policies, Unsustainable Mobility, transport consultant John C. Sutton explores how two competing discourses in transport policy and planning practice – convivial and competitive ideologies – lead to contradictory solutions and a gridlock in policy as well as on transport systems.

Gridlock examines current transport and mobility in a geographical, social, political-economy and technological context. The challenges of rising congestion are highlighted through case studies from the UK, the USA, and OECD countries. Sutton offers readers a vision of a sustainable mobility future through the concept of mobility management, combining mobile communication and information technology with logistics to match travel demand to the capacity of transport systems.

Essential reading for transport professionals and students of transportation planning and policy, Gridlock offers a unique manifesto for sustainable mobility settlement, addressing the pressing problems of growing populations and congestion while looking ahead to a more sustainable future.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sutton, John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Städtebau, Stadtplanung (Architektur)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preamble – A Vision of Mobility and Transport in 2035 Part One: Unsustainable Transport – Congested Cities, Contested Policies 1. Introduction: The Challenge of Mobility 2. Sustainable Transport and Mobility 3. Global Transport and Mobility Trends Part Two: Transport Technology and Policy Development 4. Smarter Transport Technology and Innovation 5. Sustainable Transport Policy in the United Kingdom Part Three: The Mobile Society – Political, Cultural and Social Dimensions of Travel 6. The Political Economy of Sustainable Transport 7. Cultural Influences on Transport Discourses 8. The Sociology of Mobility Part Four: Mobility Management - From Gridlock to Sustainable Mobility 9. Mobility Management 10. Manifesto for Sustainable Mobility

Über Autor(innen)

John Sutton is an independent transport consultant who has worked in the UK, the USA and Asia as a transport planner, manager, and developer of transport information systems, including GIS applications. He has published widely, including Transport Coordination and Social Policy (Avebury 1988) and as co-editor of Community Transport: Policy, Planning, Practice (Gordon and Breach 1995).