Christian Wolmar 
Are Trams Socialist? [EPUB ebook] 
Why Britain Has No Transport Policy

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Transport is key to our daily lives. The transport system is essential to ensure the movement of people and goods, and most of us will use the roads or public transport every day. Vast sums are tied up in it and are spent on trying to resolve the problems of congestion and delays. And yet it is a most neglected field of politics. Britain has never had a coherent transport policy. Transport ministers are regarded as minnows compared with their ‘big beast’ colleagues in other ministries. Successive governments have barely attempted to get to grips with the challenge of getting people around efficiently and safely while limiting the environmental damage caused by transport. In this entertaining polemic, Christian Wolmar, an author and journalist who has written about transport for over two decades, explains why politicians have not addressed the crucial issue of balancing transport needs with environmental considerations. Instead, they have been seduced by the popularity of the car and pressure from the car lobby, and they have been sidetracked by dogma. Solutions are at hand – and successful examples can be seen elsewhere in Europe – but courage and clear thinking are needed if they are to be implemented.

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Christian Wolmar is an award-winning writer and broadcaster and is widely acknowledged as one of the UK’s leading commentators on transport. He is the author of more than a dozen books on transport issues and regularly appears on TV and radio. He has written for The New Statesman, The Times, The Guardian and The Oldie among many other publications. In 2011 he was the captain of the Warwick team of graduates in Christmas University Challenge, reaching the final of the competition.

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Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 128 ● ISBN 9781907994579 ● Taille du fichier 3.2 MB ● Maison d’édition London Publishing Partnership ● Lieu London ● Pays GB ● Publié 2016 ● Édition 1 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 4891995 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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