Transport policy in Britain / Stephen Glaister ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Glaister, Stephen.

Series:

Public policy and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation and state--Great Britain.

Transportation and state.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xvi, 293 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillian, 2006.

Contents:

1 The Historical Context 1

From canals and turnpikes to state-regulated private railways 1

From local to national roads: the creation of the Road Board 5

Road versus rail, 1919-39 7

Post-war nationalization and the switch to roads 12

Coordination and control 14

Rediscovering competition 17

Privatization and deregulation 20

Transport and the environment 27

The rise and fall of an integrated transport policy 32

2 The Role of Central Government 42

Central government departments 43

Central government and the transport industries 57

Coordination and control 66

Parliament, the law and the media 74

3 Local Government and Urban Transport 77

Local government structures and responsibilities 77

Regional government 79

Local government's spatial and transport planning 80

Local government finance: a key limitation 87

Transport in major urban areas 92

The London congestion charge experiment 99

4 The European Union and United Kingdom Transport Policy 106

The common transport policy of the European Union 107

Transport and the institutions of the Community 115

The legal competence of the Community in external affairs 124

Making policy in the European Union 125

The role of the British Houses of Parliament 127

The Europeanization of British transport policy 131

5 Planning 133

Forward planning 135

Spatial planning 146

6 Influencing Transport Policy 161

The principles of interest-group action 162

Explaining group influence 168

Characteristics of transport interest groups 171

The context of action 185

Access: insiders and outsiders 188

Political channels of influence: parliamentary committees 189

7 Engaging the Private Sector 194

Competition and deregulation of bus services 194

Competition and privatization of rail services 200

The London Underground Public-Private Partnership (PPP) 212

8 Paying for Transport: Appraisal and Economic Issues 218

Government spending on transport 219

Personal spending on transport 220

The distinction between specification and provision 221

National taxation 223

Local forms of taxation 223

Borrowing 228

Transport project appraisal, financing and pricing 232

Road pricing 239

Two major changes 245

Some theoretical reflections 249

Theory and practice 253

The key issues 258

The policy options 262.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index.

ISBN:

0333948823

0333948815

OCLC:

68221538

Publisher Number:

9780333948828

9780333948811