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041			_aeng.
082			_a388.049 _bSPU-I
100			_aSpurling, David J _eauthor.
245			_aIntroduction to Transport Economics : _bdemand, cost, pricing, and adoption / _cDavid J. Spurling
260			_aNew Delhi : _bOverseas Press, _c2015.
300			_a451p.
504			_aInclude index.
520			_aIntroduction to Transport Economics looks at the different modes of transport and investigates the past and present influences on their behaviour. The author's experience of teaching and working in the industry has led him to believe that it is difficult to understand the present without some knowledge of the past. He discusses the future of transport; in the light of climate change and likely fossil fuel shortages, it is important to have a clear idea of what we wish to achieve with a transport system. Also included are a chapter on developing countries, as well as a chapter about international transport as a whole. Too often transport has been a political shuttlecock without any long-term vision. Part of the aim of this book is to enable people who read it to have a greater idea of what the industry is about. The author carefully scrutinises the ways in which government has influenced transport policy, as well as the control of the transport industry. The book also includes questions and specimen answers, since for many students it is difficult to know how to start writing essays.
546			_aEnglish.
650			_aTransportation.
650			_aEconomics.
942			_2ddc _cBK