Transport lessons from the fuel tax protests of 2000 / [edited by] Glenn Lyons and Kiron Chatterjee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lyons, Glenn.

Chatterjee, Kiron.

Series:

Transport and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fuel--Taxation--Great Britain.

Fuel.

Protest movements--Great Britain.

Protest movements.

Motor vehicle driving--Great Britain.

Motor vehicle driving.

Fuel--Taxation.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xxv, 338 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2002]

Contents:

Part I An Appreciation of the Roots of the Fuel Tax Protests

1 Fuel Tax Protests and Fuel Rationing-an Historical Perspective / Reg Harman 3

2 Pro-Car or Anti-Car? 'Environment', 'Economy' and 'Liberty' in UK Transport Debates / Paul Rosen 27

3 Fuel Taxation and an Account of the Fuel Tax Protests in France / Patrice Salini 47

4 Fuel Taxes and the Environment-Economy Trade Off / Greg Marsden 63

5 Are Fuel Prices Important? / Phil Goodwin 85

Part II Empirical Evidence of the Impacts of a Fuel Shortage

6 The Effect of the Fuel Crisis on Sections of the English Motorway Network / David Eves, James Quick, Paul Boulter, John Hickman 97

7 Travel Behaviour of Car Users During the UK Fuel Crisis and Insights into Car Dependence / Kiron Chatterjee, Glenn Lyons 123

8 A Telephone Survey of Stated Travel Responses to Fuel Shortages / Neil Thorpe, Michael Bell, John Polak, Robert B. Noland 161

9 Stages of Change in Drivers' Willingness to Reduce Car Use, Before and During the UK Fuel Crisis / Susan Beatty, Michelle Meadows, David White 183

10 Effective Fuel Management in Road Transport Fleets / Tony Whiteing, Michael Coyle, Colin Bamford 205

Part III Learning From Crises

11 Experiences and Lessons from Conducting an Emergency Survey of Motorists During the UK Fuel Crisis / Glenn Lyons, Mark Beecroft 223

12 Crisis or Drama?-A Summary of the Response to the Fuel Crisis in the UK / Greg Marsden, Mark Beecroft 259

13 The Top of the Escalator? / Graham Parkhurst 299

14 What can be Learned by Studying Transport Crises? / Peter Bonsall 323.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0754618447

OCLC:

49044161