Introduction to Transport Policy – A Public Policy View

This comprehensive and accessible textbook introduces the basic concepts of transport policy and decision-making to students of transport policy, transport planning, urban transport, transport evaluation and public policy.

It presents the foundations and rationale of transport policy, incorporating a review of the policy formulation process and models of decision-making appropriate to public sector policy-makers. Topics covered include:

• The basics of transport planning and traffic theory deemed necessary to understand policy implications of issues including congestion, safety and parking.
• Potential solutions to problems such as road user charges, travel demand management, voluntary travel behavior change, transport system management and public transport investment.
• Prescriptions for technological change.
• Discussion of the need for an integrated land transport policy along with a case study to illustrate how this might be developed for a typical metropolitan area.

Peter Stopher, Emeritus Professor of Transport Planning and John Stanley, Adjunct Professor, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, The University of Sydney Business School, The University of Sydney, Australia