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Contemporary Transport Trends Michael Asteris

Contemporary Transport Trends By Michael Asteris

Contemporary Transport Trends by Michael Asteris


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A selection of operational, commercial and academic papers which have appeared in the journal Transport Management. The articles constitute an overview of trends in transport between 1960 and 1990, and cover issues including deregulation, the environment and investment policy.

Contemporary Transport Trends Summary

Contemporary Transport Trends by Michael Asteris

Transport is a vital element of modern life. This book presents a selection of operational, commercial and academic papers which have appeared in the journal Transport Management. Following an introduction which places the various articles in perspective, the book is divided into four sections covering road, rail, sea and air transport. The articles constitute an overview of trends in transport between 1960 and 1990, and cover issues including deregulation, the environment and investment policy.

Table of Contents

Transport needs - an overview, Michael Asteris; Part 1 Road transport: bus operation, S. Hindle (1971); trends in the bus industry, T.W. Knowles (1990/91); changing to contract distribution, D. Buck (1988); the liberalization of road haulage in the European Community, N. Chattle (1990); environmental costs of road goods vehicles, C. Sharp (1974); the economic costs of smoke emission control, D.G. Rhys (1975); motorways - safe or sorry?, R. Diment (1988); computers in transport - routing and scheduling of road transport vehicles, S. Jones (1966). Part 2 Rail transport: British railways and the modernization plan, K. Sidebotham (1959); productivity in British railways, W.J. Bryer (1963); British Rail in the 1970s, C.E.W. Green (1973); the Beeching report in retrospect, M. Asteris (1988); the great rail sale, Anonymous (1989); the Orient Express, S. Ekins (1984); Eurotunnel - the advantages, T. Harrison (1987); underground railway planning in London, R. Meads (1979). Part 3 Sea transport: ships and the carriage of goods by sea, J.D. Gedge (1961); continental ferry services, N.J.H. Laws (1959); world containerization - a progress report, N. Tilsley (1968); containerization - some facts and figures, H.E. Tatman (1979); British shipping in decline, M. Asteris (1983); the role of the East Anglian ports, J. Evelyn (1976); world-wide from the Humber, J. Francis (1975); deep-sea freight trans-shipment and the Channel Tunnel, M. Asteris (1990). Part 4 Air transport: Britain's domestic air services, L.J. Evans (1960); air freight, E.H. Childs (1966); how airfreight can cut distribution costs, N. Tilsley (1988); our purpose civil aviation - a manufacturer's viewpoint, I.D.N. Lawson (1974); the jungle of international air fares, J.P. Hanlon (1975); the deregulation of civil aviation in Europe, M. Asteris (1991); airline competition and capacity constraints at HUB airports, J.P. Hanlon (1987); third London airport, D. Spurling (1986).

Additional information

GOR012651676
9781856282840
1856282848
Contemporary Transport Trends by Michael Asteris
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
19920611
304
N/A
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