Gridlock

<p>Cities across the world are facing unprecedented challenges in traffic management and transit congestion while coping with growing populations and mobility aspirations; existing policies that aim to tackle congestion and create more sustainable transport futures offer only weak remedies. In <i>Gridlock: Congested Cities, Contested Policies, Unsustainable Mobility, </i>transport consultant John C. Sutton explores how two competing discourses in transport policy and planning practice – convivial and competitive ideologies – lead to contradictory solutions and a gridlock in policy as well as on transport systems.</p><p>Gridlock examines current transport and mobility in a geographical, social, political-economy and technological context. The challenges of rising congestion are highlighted through case studies from the UK, the USA, and OECD countries. Sutton offers readers a vision of a sustainable mobility future through the concept of mobility management, combining mobile communication and information technology with logistics to match travel demand to the capacity of transport systems.</p><p>Essential reading for transport professionals and students of transportation planning and policy, <i>Gridlock </i>offers a unique manifesto for sustainable mobility settlement, addressing the pressing problems of growing populations and congestion while looking ahead to a more sustainable future.</p> <p>Preamble – A Vision of Mobility and Transport in 2035 <strong>Part One</strong>: Unsustainable Transport – Congested Cities, Contested Policies 1. Introduction: The Challenge of Mobility 2. Sustainable Transport and Mobility 3. Global Transport and Mobility Trends <strong>Part Two</strong>: Transport Technology and Policy Development 4. Smarter Transport Technology and Innovation 5. Sustainable Transport Policy in the United Kingdom <strong>Part Three</strong>: The Mobile Society – Political, Cultural and Social Dimensions of Travel 6. The Political Economy of Sustainable Transport 7. Cultural Influences on Transport Discourses 8. The Sociology of Mobility Part Four: Mobility Management - From Gridlock to Sustainable Mobility 9. Mobility Management 10. Manifesto for Sustainable Mobility </p>