Gridlock - 9781138851979

Taylor & Francis

GridlockCongested Cities, Contested Policies, Unsustainable Mobility\nAuthor(s): John Sutton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138851979, 978-1138851979\nSynopsis\nCities across the world are facing unprecedented challenges in traffic management and transit congestion while coping with growing populations and mobility aspirations; existing policies that aim to tackle congestion and create more sustainable transport futures offer only weak remedies. In Gridlock: Congested Cities, Contested Policies, Unsustainable Mobility, transport consultant John C. Sutton explores how two competing discourses in transport policy and planning practice convivial and competitive ideologies lead to contradictory solutions and a gridlock in policy as well as on transport systems.\n\nGridlock examines current transport and mobility in a geographical, social, political-economy and technological context. The challenges of rising conge.