- Volume No.:
- 200
- Editor:
- Lisa Firth
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publisher:
- Independence Educational Publishers
- Replaces Issue:
- Vol. 119 Transport Trends
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Key Facts
- The more we use cars, the more the air becomes polluted. Exhaust fumes contain carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen, volatile organic compounds and particulates, all of which are harmful to health when released into the atmosphere. (Page 1)
- Surveys show that over half of all primary pupils live within a mile of their school, yet one-third are driven there. (page 2)
- British truck doing about 100,000 miles a year contributes £30,000 in fuel duty to the UK Treasury. (page 10)
- Between 2008–09 the number of road deaths fell for almost all types of road user, with a fall of 16% for car occupants, 13% for pedestrians, 10% for pedal cyclists and 4% for motorcyclists. (page 12)
- Transport accounts for around a third of all final energy consumption in the EEA member countries and for more than a fifth of greenhouse gas emissions. (page 14)
- According to government figures, car traffic has increased some 15% in the last ten years, with congestion estimated to cost some £10 billion per year in English urban areas. (page 23)
- Light rail has been developed in Manchester, Nottingham, the West Midlands, Tyne and Wear and Sheffield. Light rail development in many large towns and cities in France has demonstrated how high profile infrastructure can help to regenerate cities and hugely improve image and liveability. (page 30)
- A guided busway is usually a dedicated, bus-only route with buses running on a purpose-built track. The bus is guided along the route so that steering is automatically controlled and, like a tram, the vehicle follows a set path. (page 32)
- The construction of a new high-speed network in the UK will dramatically cut journey times between London, the Midlands, the North and Scotland. Travelling at speeds of up to 200mph, the distance between London and Scotland could be covered in less than three hours. (page 38)
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Transport Trends
Transport, Use of public transport, Motorway phobia, Public attitudes towards road congestion, The facts about road building, Governing and paying for England’s roads, The road ahead: charging forward, Can’t afford to run a car?, Road deaths fall to 2,222 in 2009, Transport and global poverty.
Chapter 2 Transport and Environment
Transport and the energy crisis, How heavy traffic harms us, The Congestion Charge, Cyclists and motorists do not want to share road, report finds, Get moving!, Travelling by bike, Is Europe’s transport getting greener? Partly, Investment in smarter travel means better health for all, Transport: the way to go, Do governments dream of electric cars?, UK electric car grant scheme ‘cut by 80%’, Electric buses: green public transport or THE public transport?, Developing city-scale sustainable transport networks, Guided busways: frequently asked questions, What is a tram?, Transport secretary unveils high-speed rail plans, High-speed rail misses the point, High speed, high time: the business case for high-speed rail.
