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UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open access boo=
k that may be of interest to list subscribers Travel Behaviour Reconsidered=
in an Era of Decarbonisation by David Metz.
Download it free: https://ow.ly/vO0R50T7h5S

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Travel Behaviour Reconsidered in an Era of Decarbonisation
David Metz
Free download: https://ow.ly/vO0R50T7h5S

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The transport system is central to our lives as our means to travel, but al=
so has major impact on our environment. This has become most salient in rec=
ent years through its contribution to climate change. However, this perspec=
tive has only had a minor impact on the conventional economic analysis and =
modelling of transport investments, creating a dissonance between the tradi=
tional objectives of investment and the strategic need to reduce carbon emi=
ssions to Net Zero by 2050.

Travel Behaviour Reconsidered in an Era of Decarbonisation argues that our =
transport networks are mature, and the objective should be to improve opera=
tional efficiency. Over the past half century, large public expenditures in=
roads and railways were justified by an analytic approach to the benefits =
of investment, primarily the value of the time saved through faster travel,=
to both business and non-business users of the networks. However, average =
travel time has not changed over this period. People have taken the benefit=
of faster travel as better access to people, places, activities and servic=
es, with the ensuing enhanced opportunities and choices. This book argues t=
hat the basis of orthodox transport economic analysis has been misconceived=
and a fresh perspective on economic analysis is now needed.

Free download: https://ow.ly/vO0R50T7h5S

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