Transportation research has traditionally been dominated by engineering and logistics research approaches. This book integrates social, economic, and behavioral sciences into the transportation field. As its title indicates, emphasis is on socioeconomic changes, which increasingly govern the development of the transportation sector.The papers presented here originated at a conference on Social Change and Sustainable Transport held at the University of California at Berkeley in March 1999, under the auspices of the European Science Foundation and the National Science Foundation. The contributors, who represent a range of disciplines, including geography and regional science, economics, political science, sociology, and psychology, come from twelve different countries. Their subjects cover the consequences of environmentally sustainable transportation vs. the "business-as-usual" status quo, the new phenomenon of "edge cities," automobile dependence as a social problem, the influence of leisure or discretionary travel and of company cars, the problems of freight transport, the future of railroads in Europe, the imposition of electronic road tolls, potential transport benefits of e-commerce, and the electric car.

William Black is Professor of Geography and Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. He directed rail planning for the State of Indiana during the rail restructuring in the Midwest and Northeast in the 1970s. He then served as a member of the Philadelphia-based task force that created Conrail. Returning to Indiana in 1980, he served as the first Director of the Indiana Department of Transportation. He has been a member of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) of the National Research Council for more than 30 years, and currently chairs the Committee on Social and Economic Factors in Transportation.

Peter Nijkamp has been professor of regional and urban economics and of economic geography at the Free University in Amsterdam. He has published extensively in public policy, services planning, infrastructure management, and environmental protection. He has been an advisor to several Dutch ministries, regional and local policy councils, employers' organizations, private institutions, the EU, OECD, ECMT, ADB, European Roundtable of Industrialists, ICOMOS, the World Bank, and many other institutions. He is the 1996 recipient of the Spinoza Award.

Acknowledgments

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Introduction: Pathways to Sustainable Transport and Basic Themes

xi

William R. Black

Peter Nijkamp

Part I. An Overview

Social Change and Sustainable Transport: A Manifesto on Transatlantic Research Opportunities

3

(14)

Marina van Geenhuizen

Peter Nijkamp

William R. Black

Social Trends and Research Needs in Transport and Environmental Planning

17

(10)

Martin Wachs

Research Issues Regarding Societal Change and Transport: An Update

27

(8)

Genevieve Giuliano

Andy Gillespie

Sustainable Transport

35

(8)

Michael Wegener

David L. Greene

Information and Communication Technologies and Transport

43

(6)

Heli A. Koski

Globalization and Transportation: Contradictions and Challenges

49

(6)

Donald G. Janelle

Michel Beuthe

Institutional Dimensions of Sustainable Transport

55

(8)

Piet Rietveld

Part II. Social Change and Sustainability of Transport

Social Implications of Sustainable Transport

63

(8)

Richard Gilbert

EU Policy Scenario Building for Sustainable Mobility

71

(8)

David Banister

Peter Steen

A Study of EU-U.S. Integrated Policies to Address the Consequences of Social Change for the Sustainability of Transport

79

(6)

Hans Kremers

Transport-Land Use Relations in Restructuring Metropolitan Areas: Implications for Air Quality in Chicago and Stockholm

85

(8)

Lars Lundqvist

Tschangho John Kim

Social Change and Transportation in U.S. Edge Cities

93

(8)

Morton E. O'Kelly

Brian A. Mikelbank

Part III. Dependence on the Automobile

Keeping the Holy Grail: The ``Mobility View'' of the Danish Automobile Club FDM

101

(6)

Jorg Beckmann

Car Dependence as a Social Problem: A Critical Essay on the Existing Literature and Future Needs

107

(10)

Roger Gorham

Growing Up With and Without a Family Car

117

(8)

Karin Sandqvist

Sustainable Lifestyles? Microsimulation of Household Formation, Housing Choice, and Travel Behavior

125

(10)

Ilan Salomon

Paul Waddell

Michael Wegener

Part IV. Quality, Equity, and Mobility

Sustainable Transport and Quality of Life: A Psychological Analysis

135

(6)

Birgitta Gatersleben

David Uzzell

Introducing Environmental Equity Concerns into the Discourse on Sustainable Transport: A Research Agenda

141

(8)

Eran Feitelson

Women and Travel: The Sustainability Implications of Changing Roles

149

(8)

Amanda Root

Laurie Schintler

Kenneth Button

Mobility Behavior of the Elderly: Its Impact on the Future Road Traffic System

157

(8)

Georg Rudinger

Residential Location and Daily Mobility Patterns: A Swedish Case Study of Households with Children

165

(8)

Karin Tillberg

Part V. Increasing Travel and Transport

Driven to Travel: The Identification of Mobility-Inclined Market Segments

173

(8)

Ilan Salomon

Patricia L. Mokhtarian

Picnics, Pets, and Pleasant Places: The Distinguishing Characteristics of Leisure Travel Demand

181

(10)

Jillian Anable

The Impact of Day Tourism on the Environment and Sustainability: The Northwestern Mediterranean Arc

191

(10)

Cristina Capineri

Gianfranco Spinelli

Company Cars and Company Provided Parking

201

(8)

Piet Rietveld

Jos van Ommeren

Can a Decoupling of Traffic and Economic Growth Be Envisaged?

209

(10)

Jean-Loup Madre

Akli Berri

Francis Papon

Part VI. Sustainability and Freight Transport

External Costs of Belgian Freight Traffic: A Network Analysis of Their Internalization

219

(8)

Michel Beuthe

Bart Jourquin

Fabrice Degrandsart

Jean-Francois Geerts

Toward Multimodal Networks and Nodes of Freight Transport in the European Union

227

(8)

Hugo Priemus

Technological Innovations and Spatio-Organizational Changes: Toward a Sustainable Urban Freight Transport System

235

(6)

Johan Visser

The Future of Railway Transport in Europe: Toward Sustainable Development

241

(10)

Laurent Guihery

Part VII. Cultural Perspectives

Transport Culture and the Economy of Speed: Speed Limits and Changing Patterns of Accessibility in the United States

251

(8)

Donald G. Janelle

Transport and Logistics in City Regions: Driving Forces for Counterurbanization?

259

(6)

Markus Hesse

N3: The Intersection of Transportation Networks, Communication Networks, and Community Networks

265

(8)

Barry Wellman

Part VIII. Alternative Solutions

Implementation of Pricing Measures for Sustainable Transport: Investigating Economic Efficiency and Social Acceptability

273

(6)

Erik T. Verhoef

Eric Pels

Consumer E-Commerce, Virtual Accessibility, and Sustainable Transport

279

(8)

Jane Gould

Thomas F. Golob

Uncertainty in the Adoption of Sustainable Transport Technology: The Electric Vehicle

287

(8)

Marina van Geenhuizen

Closing Thoughts and a Look toward the Future

295

(2)

William R. Black

Peter Nijkamp

Contributors

297

(4)

Index

301

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