URBAN ROAD AND RAIL POLICY

The expectations inherent in legislation concerned with urban transport policy since the 1968 Transport Act are reviewed, and the reasons why these objectives are considered not to have been achieved are discussed. It is suggested that the main reasons for this situation are: institutional flexibility has been more apparent than real, the dearth of really attractive urban public transport capital projects, the apparent irrelevance of public transport subsidy to the congestion issue, the weakness of parking restraint policy, and the inadequate arrangements for administration coordination. The degree of importance placed on urban transport policy in the consultation document (no more than part of a chapter) is shown to indicate a reduction of emphasis on such problems, and the implications of such a philosophy are considered in relation to such topics as car-restraint policies, measures to reduce the public transport peak, taxation, business cars and problems of management. It is concluded that the change of emphasis - towards a concern for the transport provision for those without a car available - has implications for public transport policy differing from those appropriate to treating public transport as a way of combating congestion.

• Corporate Authors:

  Chartered Institute of Transport, England

  80 Portland Place
  London W1N 4DP,   England 
• Authors:
  • GWILLIAM, K
• Publication Date: 1977-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 336
• Serial:
  • Chartered Institute of Transport Journal
  • Volume: 37
  • Issue Number: 11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Policy; Policy making; Public transit; Socioeconomic factors; Subsidies; Transportation; Transportation planning; Transportation policy; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom; United States
• Old TRIS Terms: National transportation policies
• ITRD Terms: 1054: Network (traffic); 173: Policy; 744: Public transport; 8119: United Kingdom; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00168091
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Analytic
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1981 12:00AM