Download or read book Transport Matters written by Docherty, Iain and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising an innovative series of intersectional edited chapters, this book examines the ways that transport influences and is influenced by contemporary life in Britain. It interrogates key ideas around what transport does, why we should think about its impacts seriously and how we should change our attitude towards it in terms of our pursuit of key policy goals. Contributors explore what makes transport possible, the forces that shape transport development and how we can make transport better for both urban and rural populations in order to develop sustainable transport systems for the twenty-first century.