NEW REALISM AND LOCAL REALITIES: LOCAL TRANSPORT PLANNING IN LEICESTER AND CAMBRIDGESHIRE

The aim of this paper is to add to the debate concerning the emergence of a "new realism" in transport planning in the U.K., through an examination of the development of Local Transport Plans. After describing the background to these policy changes, the authors consider how 1 central tenet of the new realism--the need to manage demand--is taking shape within the local transport planning process in Cambridgeshire and Leicester. It is argued that although a difficult climate exists in each case over levels of traffic growth and their associated impacts, policy learning and change have been confined to a weak interpretation of new realism wherein transport planning stays effectively subservient to prevailing local notions of how economic competitiveness ought to be promoted. In conclusion, the authors posit that this poses fundamental challenges for national governments' transport and sustainable development policies.

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• Authors:
  • Bulkeley, H
  • Rayner, T
• Publication Date: 2003-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 35-55
• Serial:
  • Urban Studies
  • Volume: 40
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0042-0980
  • EISSN: 1360-063X
  • Serial URL: http://usj.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Local transportation; Planning methods; Sustainable development; Traffic volume; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Travel demand management
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00943664
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 2003 12:00AM