Travel Behaviour Reconsidered in an Era of Decarbonisation
The transport system is central to our lives as our means to travel, but also has major impact on our environment. This has become most salient in recent years through its contribution to climate change. However, this perspective has only had a minor impact on the conventional economic analysis and...
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| description | The transport system is central to our lives as our means to travel, but also has major impact on our environment. This has become most salient in recent years through its contribution to climate change. However, this perspective has only had a minor impact on the conventional economic analysis and modelling of transport investments, creating a dissonance between the traditional objectives of investment and the strategic need to reduce carbon emissions to Net Zero by 2050. Travel Behaviour Reconsidered in an Era of Decarbonisation argues that our transport networks are mature, and the objective should be to improve operational efficiency. Over the past half century, large public expenditures in roads and railways were justified by an analytic approach to the benefits of investment, primarily the value of the time saved through faster travel, to both business and non-business users of the networks. However, average travel time has not changed over this period. People have taken the benefit of faster travel as better access to people, places, activities and services, with the ensuing enhanced opportunities and choices. This book argues that the basis of orthodox transport economic analysis has been misconceived and a fresh perspective on economic analysis is now needed. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1480982024-11-20T04:20:28Z Travel Behaviour Reconsidered in an Era of Decarbonisation Metz, David Travel behaviour Transport economics Transport modelling Transport decarbonisation Covid pandemic Car dependence Transport technologies Electric vehicles Transport investment Road traffic congestion thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNG Transport industries thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNK Environment, transport and planning law: general thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning::RPT Transport planning and policy The transport system is central to our lives as our means to travel, but also has major impact on our environment. This has become most salient in recent years through its contribution to climate change. However, this perspective has only had a minor impact on the conventional economic analysis and modelling of transport investments, creating a dissonance between the traditional objectives of investment and the strategic need to reduce carbon emissions to Net Zero by 2050. Travel Behaviour Reconsidered in an Era of Decarbonisation argues that our transport networks are mature, and the objective should be to improve operational efficiency. Over the past half century, large public expenditures in roads and railways were justified by an analytic approach to the benefits of investment, primarily the value of the time saved through faster travel, to both business and non-business users of the networks. However, average travel time has not changed over this period. People have taken the benefit of faster travel as better access to people, places, activities and services, with the ensuing enhanced opportunities and choices. This book argues that the basis of orthodox transport economic analysis has been misconceived and a fresh perspective on economic analysis is now needed. 2024-11-20T04:20:26Z 2024-11-20T04:20:26Z 2024-11-19T08:57:11Z 2024 book ONIX_20241119_9781800087163_6 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/94750 9781800087163 9781800087170 9781800087187 9781800087194 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/148098 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/94750/1/9781800087163.pdf UCL Press 10.14324/111.9781800087163 10.14324/111.9781800087163 29b9f0a3-1b0d-4bdd-99d7-b4d3432d7fcc 9781800087163 9781800087170 9781800087187 9781800087194 178 London open access |
| spellingShingle | Travel behaviour Transport economics Transport modelling Transport decarbonisation Covid pandemic Car dependence Transport technologies Electric vehicles Transport investment Road traffic congestion thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KN Industry and industrial studies::KNG Transport industries thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNK Environment, transport and planning law: general thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RP Regional and area planning::RPT Transport planning and policy Metz, David Travel Behaviour Reconsidered in an Era of Decarbonisation |
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