The Implementation and Effectiveness of Transport Demand Management Measures An International Perspective

Congestion and traffic-related pollution are increasingly becoming major issues in towns and cities world-wide. This book deals with carefully selected market and non-market based measures to reduce congestion, and their implementation and effectiveness in tackling the problem. The book features a multi-authored research-based text comprising 12 individual chapters that draw upon relevant case studies. The authors were specifically chosen for their global expertise in terms of the respective Demand Management Tools. Drawing on international case studies, the book details the role played internationally by selected Transport Demand Management (TDM) measures in dealing with both congestion and traffic-related pollution in urban areas, focusing on their relative merits and in particular their effectiveness and the issues surrounding implementation.

Contents: Introduction: TDM measures and their implementation, Stephen Ison and Tom Rye; Purchase, circulation and fuel taxation, Stephen Potter; Road user charging, Kenneth Button and Henry Vega; The role of intelligent transport systems (ITS) in implementing road pricing for congestion management, David Gillen; The land use and local economic impacts of congestion charging, David Banister; Tradable driving rights in urban areas: their potential for tackling congestion and traffic-related pollution, Charles Raux; The politics and economics of parking on campus, Donald Shoup; A view of parking policy in an Australian city, William Young; Park and ride, Stuart Meek; Public transport subsidisation, John Preston; The substitution of communications for travel?, Glenn Lyons, Sendy Farag and Hebba Haddad; Travel plans, Marcus Enoch and Lian Zhang; Index.

Dr Stephen Ison, Transport Studies Group, Department of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, UK and Dr Tom Rye, School of the Built Environment/Transport Research Institute, Napier University, UK.