TRANSPORT eXCELLENCE

THROUGH

PRACTICAL DELIVERY

Editor

Victoria Hills

Foreword

Victoria Hills 5

Chapter 1 Quality Public Transport Delivery

Dr Matthew Bradley 7

Chapter 2 Nottingham Express Transit one year on

Mark J Fowles 15

Chapter 3 Public Transport Effectiveness in Tackling Social Exclusion

Kristine Beuret OBE 23

Chapter 4 A Freight Strategy for the UK

Richard Turner 33

Chapter 5 Want Cornflakes, Don't Want Lorries -The IHT Guidelines on Moving Freight

C G B (Kit) Mitchell 43

Chapter 6 Consolidation Centres and their role in delivering sustainable freight

Ian Foster, Katherine McWilliam, Alan Lewis 59

Chapter 7 Light Rail Worldwide: Success and Excellence are on the Way

François-Xavier Perin 69

Chapter 8 Road User Charging Local & National

Professor George McLean Hazel OBE 77

Chapter 9 Innovative Ways of Financing Public Transport

Dave Wetzel 81

Chapter 10 Infrastructure Impacts on Land and Property Values

Jeremy Edge 91

Chapter 11 Rail and the Regions: Funding and Delivery

Roy Wicks 99

Chapter 12 Suburban Living - the Transport Implications

Rob Homewood 109

Chapter 13 “We can’t leave health to the doctors any more!” The role of transport professionals in promoting healthier lifestyles

Tom Franklin 121

Chapter 14 Personal Choices in Transport

Dr Eleanor Mann 129

Chapter 15 Public Transport Information Provision

Nick Illsley 139