Brighton: Environmental &Transport
Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — November 2008
The effect of public transport investment on car ownership; the results for 17 urban areas in France, Germany, UK and North America.
Hass-Klau, Carmen et al.
Brighton: Environmental &Transport Plannin, ©2007 184 p. $132.80 HE5662
978-0-9548554-0-6
Is car ownership reduced by the availability of public transport? This book reports on the varying results of studies in 17 urban areas in five countries addressing this important question. Hass- Klau (public transport systems/European urban transport, U. of Wuppertal, Germany) and European colleagues summarize the study sites and study results in narrative, tabular and graphic forms. They examine auto and transit usage patterns in the study sites in socioeconomic context and their policy implications. Maps show public transit routes in cities in France, the UK, Germany, the US, and Canada. The Volvo Research and Educational Foundations co- sponsored this research. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
