Integrated Transport: From Policy to Practice

by Givoni; Moshe

• ISBN13: 9780415548939
• ISBN10: 0415548934
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-07-21
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Travel is an essential part of everyday life and today most journeys are multimodal.ã It is the total travel experience that counts and integrated transport must reduce the inconvenience of transfers between modes.ã Most research and many publications on transport policy advocate sustainable transport, but the priority given to integration has been negligible.ã Yet integration is one of the most important means to advance sustainable transport and sustainability more generally.While integrated transport systems are seen to be an ideal, there is a failure to make the transition from policy to practice. The authors argue that the achievement of sustainable transport is still a dream, as an integrated transport policy is a prerequisite for a sustainable transport system. It is only when the two concepts of sustainability and integration operate in the same direction and in a positive way that real progress can be made.In this book, transportation experts from across the world have addressed the questions about what is integration, why is it so important and why is it so hard to achieve? The book provides an in-depth analysis of these issues and it aims to provide a better understanding of the subject, about what should be strived for, about what is realistic to expect, and about how to move forwardã towards a more integrated provision of transport infrastructure, services and management.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	p. ix
Preface	p. xiv
The need for integration in transport policy and practice	p. 1
The main issues in integrated transport	p. 13
Integrated transport policy: a conceptual analysis	p. 15
Planning for sustainable travel: integrating spatial planning and transport	p. 33
The need for integrated institutions and organizations in transport policy: the case of transport and climate change	p. 55
Integrated transport policy in freight transport	p. 75
The value of reliability and its relevance in transport networks	p. 97
Appraisal of integrated transport policies	p. 117
Application of integrated transport policy	p. 137
Integrating individual travel desires in transport planning: what is too far and what is too close?	p. 139
Planning walking networks and cycling networks	p. 163
The role of ICT in achieving integrated transport networks	p. 177
Developing the rail network through better access to railway stations: the need for integration	p. 191
Assessing the potential benefits of integrated transport policies	p. 205
Measuring the costs and benefits of integrated transport policies and schemes	p. 207
A decision analysis framework for intermodal transport: evaluating different policy measures to stimulate the market	p. 223
Integrating the railways: key assessment issues	p. 241
Assessing intermodal re-balance and integration in urban transportation planning: an illustration on the basis of a sub-lagoon tube plan for Venice	p. 257
Weather and travel time of public transport trips: an empirical study for the Netherlands	p. 275
The challenges in achieving integrated transport at city, regional and national levels	p. 289
Impediments to integrative transport policies: lessons from the new town of Modiin	p. 291
Integrating public transport management in France: how to manage gaps between mono-scale policies	p. 307
Intermodalism in the US: issues and prospects	p. 319
The pursuit of integration: how far and what next?	p. 335
Index	p. 347
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