Transformation of transport policy in Great Britain

摘要: Abstract The British Government recently issued a white paper on its future transport strategy. Its central precept is unambiguous: current trends in traffic are unsustainable, from the point of view environment, business efficiency, health, and unfeasibility providing growth road capacity that would keep pace with predicted traffic. Much policy logic stems explicit abandonment `predict-and-provide' as desirable — or possible This leads to recognition importance co-ordinated approach public transport, walking cycling, together policies aimed at reducing less necessary travel where possible; ensuring costs congestion environmental pollution are, far practical, met by those who cause them (in which revenue new pricing systems be kept under local control used for improvements); an emphasis better maintenance management system rather than increasing capacity; consideration effects other land-use, education etc; development institutional structures contractual arrangements able bring these changes about; conditions people's everyday behaviour attitudes may harmony policy, finance constraints. These themes did not arise out blue following general election 1997. They evolved over many years, especially nearly ten years intense discussion connected previous two governments' 1989 programme (`Roads Prosperity'), spite size expense, still sufficient growth, well being environmentally damaging. process argument has ceased publication paper. A very interesting feature debate widely (though unanimously) accepted media, great problems implementation. author argues shift genuine firmly grounded research, though number real implementation, research methodology will have addressed.