Transport

This book examines the business strategies of passenger and freight carriers in road, rail, sea and air transport. It assesses their responses to an increasingly competitive and commercially oriented market as Governments throughout the world encourage a liberalized approach to the transport sector. Transport: Strategy and Policy provides a comprehensive text for transport professionals and students on courses concerned with leisure and tourism, business logistics, economic development and town and country planning. It will be particularly useful for those taking Chartered Institute of Transport examinations. It focuses on the special characteristics that distinguish transport from other service industries, as well as the similarities and differences between the various modes. The text is illustrated by a wide range of detailed case studies and examples from airlines ferries deep sea shipping railways and Light Rapid Transit buses and coaches community transport express parcel services and retail distribution

List of Plates List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Owners and Entrepreneurs 7 Managers and Professionals 20 Understanding the Market 35 Relating to the Public 49 The Systems Concept 63 Transport and Tourism 74 Transport and Logistics 85 Quantity Licensing: Road Transport p. 99 Quality Licensing: Road Transport p. 111 International Regulation: Air Transport 121 International Regulation: Sea Transport 136 Central Government 151 Europe and the Single Market 165 Local Government 176 Grants and Subsidies 185 User Bodies 199 Trade Associations 210 Environmental Issues 227 Responses to Congestion 242 Questions 259 Glossary 264 Select Bibliography 271 Index 273