Surveys show that people in the UK mention transport-related issues more than any other when asked what are the major problems facing the area they live in. This is not surprising when you consider that traffic congestion in the UK is the worst in Europe. This book looks at a wide range of issues relating to our transport crisis and the many ways that government and individuals are attempting to redress the problems.
The information comes from a wide variety of sources and includes government reports and statistics, newspaper reports, features, magazine articles and surveys and literature from lobby groups and charitable organisations.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Our Transport Problem
Transport trends, Vehicle speeds in Great Britain 2004, Lowest road deaths, Majority of motorists speed, Child pedestrians, Road safety quiz, RAC report on motoring 2005, Transport YouGov survey results, DfT: Britain heading for gridlock, Road traffic, Transport: frequent questions, Rising petrol prices, The real price of petrol, Emissions what goes in must come out, Air pollution from aviation, Transport facts.
Chapter Two: Transport Solutions
Invisible speed cameras that track drivers for miles, Limiting speed, Support for speed cameras, Driving by the seat of your pants for safety, The benefits of cleaner vehicles, Green car labels go live, Green cars vs. fuel cuts, Alternatives to the car, The walking bus, Walking to school, Lets do more to encourage child cycling, says NCB, Travel to school, Focus on workplace travel plans, King commute, Congestion charging, Road charging: the future, £1.34-a-mile road charges are just five years away, Smooth-flowing traffic is on the way, Constraint only road to cutting car use, Health gains from cycling.
Key Facts
Additional Resources
Index
Acknowledgements
Road traffic has grown by 81 per cent since 1980. (page 1)
Over a quarter of households now have access to two or more cars, more than the proportion of households without access to a car. (page 1)
Car dependency is now at its highest level since RAC began monitoring it 17 years ago. Now nine in 10 motorists would find it very difficult to adjust their lifestyles to being without a car and admit to using their car every single day. (page 7)
The number of private cars has more than doubled to 26 million over the course of the last 25 years with people now clocking 247 billion miles a year on the road. (page 11)
6,000 miles in a car produces roughly its own weight in CO2. (page 15)
Drivers could save hundreds of pounds a year in fuel bills by choosing a greener car, according to figures released by Friends of the Earth. (page 24)
Overall, public transport uses less than half as much fuel per passenger than a private car. (page 25)
Britain has an average commute time of 46 minutes. (page 32)
Transport Trends Study Guide
Each book in the Issues series has a study guide. These four-page guides provide a variety of discussion points and other activities to suit a wide range of ability levels and interests.
Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Price: £1.50
ISBN: 978 1 86168 370 0
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