Transport Policy

by Kenneth Button, Roger R. Stough

Overview

Transport is a fundamental component of all modern economies. Transport Policy presents a wide ranging collection of previously published articles which aim to provide the reader with an understanding of the main elements of transport policy.

Topics covered include: the objectives of transport policy, policy options, policy analysis and, through a series of case studies, policy implementation.

This volume will be of particular interest to those academics and policymakers seeking an overview of the most important issues in the modern transport policy arena.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781858986180
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	10/01/1998
Series:	International Library of Comparative Public Policy
Pages:	704
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by Kenneth Button, University Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, US and the late Roger R. Stough, formerly School of Policy, Government and International Affairs, George Mason University, US

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	ix
	Introduction	xiii
Part I	Policy Objectives
1.	'Political Economy of a Public Corporation: Pricing Objectives of BART', Journal of Public Economics, 13 (3), June, 299-318 (1980)	3
2.	'Institutions and Objectives in Transport Policy', Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, XIII (1), January, 11-27 (1979)	23
3.	'Theories of Regulation and the Deregulation Movement', Public Choice, 44 (1), 103-45 (1984)	40
4.	'Transport Co-ordination: Meaning and Purpose', Journal of Political Economy, XXXVIII, 660-81 (1930)	83
5.	'Management Objectives, Fares and Service Levels in Bus Transport', Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, XII (1), January, 70-85 (1978)	105
6.	'Priorities in Urban Transport Research', Transportation, 5, 73-91 (1976)	121
7.	'Personal Security as a Transport Issue: A State-of-the-Art Review', Transport Reviews, 10 (2), April-June, 111-25 (1990)	140
8.	'Concept of Transportation Need Revisited', Transportation Research Record, 761, 66-9 (1980)	155
Part II	Policy Options
9.	'Free Public Transport', Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, VII, 3-19 (1973)	165
10.	'The 'Rule of Three': A Possible Solution to the Political Problem of Competing Objectives for Road Pricing', Traffic Engineering and Control, 30 (10), October, 495-7 (1989)	182
11.	'Alternative Tendering Systems and Deregulation in Britain', Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, XXIX (3), September, 275-89 (1995)	185
12.	'How to Franchise Highways', Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, XXVII (2), May, 113-30	200
Part III	Policy Analysis
13.	'Downtown Auto Restraint Policies: The Costs and Benefits for Boston', Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, XIV (2), May, 133-53 (1980)	221
14.	'Efficient Transportation Infrastructure Policy', Journal of Economic Perspectives, 5 (1), Winter, 113-27 (1991)	242
15.	'Benefit--Cost Rules for Urban Transit Subsidies: An Integration of Allocational, Distributional and Public Finance Issues', Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, XXI (1), January, 57-71 (1987)	257
16.	'Factors Affecting European Privatization and Deregulation Policies in Local Public Transport: The Evidence from Scandinavia', Transportation Research A, 26A (2), March, 179-91 (1992)	272
17.	'The Case for a Public Road Authority', Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, XXVIII (3), September, 235-53 (1994)	285
18.	'Infrastructure Restoration as a Tool for Stimulating Urban Renewal--The Glasgow Canal', Urban Studies, 26 (6), December, 559-71 (1989)	304
19.	'Privatizing and Deregulating Local Public Services: Lessons from Britain's Buses', Journal of the American Planning Association, 56 (1), Winter, 9-21 (1990)	317
20.	'Profitability and Product Quality: Economic Determinants of Airline Safety Performance', Journal of Political Economy, 98 (5 part 1), October, 944-64 (1990)	330
21.	'Deconstructing Transport Planning: Lessons from Policy Breakdown in the English Pennines', Transport Policy, 3 (1/2), 43-53 (1996)	351
Part IV	Policy Implementation
A	Overall Policy Assessments
22.	'Mrs. Castle's Transport Policy', Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, II (2), May, 135-73 (1968)	367
23.	'Transport Policy in the United Kingdom: A Critique of the 1977 White Paper', Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, XI (3), September, 209-23 (1977)	406
24.	'German Transport Policy After Reunification', Transportation Research A, 28A (6), November, 453-8 (1994)	421
25.	'Restructuring Land Transport in New Zealand', Transport Reviews, 12 (4), October-December, 271-89 (1992)	427
26.	'The Regulation of Transport Markets', Economic Journal, 103, July, 1017-27 (1993)	445
27.	'Transport Planning and Operation in a Changing Economic and Political Environment: The Case of Hungary', Transport Reviews, 12 (1), January-March, 77-96 (1992)	456
28.	'The Road to Ruin?: Impacts of Economic Shock Therapy on Urban Transport in Poland', Transport Policy, 2 (1), 5-13 (1995)	476
B	Issue Studies
	Transport for the Disabled
29.	'Disability and Transport: A Review of the Personal Costs of Disability in Relation to Transport', Trnsport Policy, 2 (1), 57-65 (1995)	489
	Environment
30.	'Policy Innovations of the US Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and Clean Air Act Amendments', Transportation, 22, 217-40 (1995)	501
31.	'Policies to Reduce C0[subscript 2] Emissions from Cars in Europe: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis', Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, XXIX (1), January, 53-70 (1995)	525
	Safety
32.	'The Value of Transport Safety', Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 6 (2), Summer, 39-60 (1990)	545
	Finance
33.	'Flat Versus Differentiated Transit Pricing: What's A Fair Fare?', Transportation, 10 (3), September, 211-32 (1981)	569
34.	'Automobile Subsidies and Land Use: Estimates and Policy Responses', Journal of the American Planning Association, 58 (1), Winter, 60-71 (1992)	591
35.	'Who Benefits from Transit Subsidies? Recent Evidence from Six Metropolitan Areas', Transportation Research A, 17A (1), January, 39-50 (1983)	603
	Appraisal
36.	'Estimating the Social Benefit of Constructing an Underground Railway in London', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 126, 46-58 and 78 (1963)	617
	Development
37.	'Measuring the Benefits of a Large Public Investment: The Case of the U.S. Federal-Aid Highway System', Journal of Public Economics, 36, 69-85 (1988)	633
38.	'Is Public Expenditure Productive?', Journal of Monetary Economics, 23 (2), March, 177-200 (1989)	650
	Name Index	675

Editorial Reviews

'The original pagination is kept on top of the present volume for ease of reference, which is most useful . . . The contents are well-chosen, international and covers most pertinent areas of transport economics and policy. It is particularly interesting to read articles from the pre-Thatcher era, saying things ignored at the time . . . This book would be a valuable addition to any reference collection with an interest in transport policy per se, particularly those which do not hold collections of the academic transport journals.'

Place

The primary focus of the 38 papers collected here is on the economic dimensions of transport policy decision-making. The papers are organized into four main groupings devoted to underlying objectives of transport policy, options that are open to policy makers, policy analysis, and a range of case studies of policy implementation in different countries and for different needs. Originally published between 1930 and 1995, the contributions were selected from such publications as the Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Traffic Engineering and Control, and the Journal of Public Economics. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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