CONTENTS List of tables, figures and boxes vi Foreword viii Preface and acknowledgements xi List of acronyms xvi Notes on contributors xix Part One: Policy and politics 1. New deal or no new deal? A decade of'sustainable' transport in the UK 3 Jon Shaw and lain Docherty 2. Devolution and the UK's new transport policy landscape 29 Danny MacKinnon and GeoffVigar Part Two: Progress in policy implementation 3. Roads and traffic: from 'predict and provide' to 'making best use' 51 Graham Parkhurst and Geoff Dudley 4. Is Labour delivering a sustainable railway? 75 John Preston 5. Buses and light rail: stalled en route? 97 Richard D. Knowles and Pedro Abrantes 6. Walking and cycling: easy wins for a sustainable transport policy? 117 Rodney To/ley 7. UK air travel: taking off for growth? 139 Brian Graham 8. Economic versus environmental sustainability for ports and shipping: charting a new course? 161 David Pinder PartThree:Ten years since A new deal for transport - signposts to the UK's transport future? 9. Transport for London: success despite Westminster? 183 Peter White 10. Mind the gap! The UK's record in European perspective 205 Tom Rye 11. Traffic jam? Policy debates after 10 years of'sustainable' transport 231 Phil Goodwin Index 241