The information in this book is very interesting! When I read this book, I was very interested to learn about the history of transportation developments, the reasons why transportation has developed the way it has over the centuries and years, the reasons why transportation has to change from the way it is now, and what the changes that need to be made are. I like books that talk about solutions to problems and better alternatives to the status quo.
It is also interesting to learn how the transportation scene in China compares with (and contrasts from) that in the U.S. As this book's authors say, China is the most populated of the world's less developed nations, and the U.S. is the most populated of the world's highly developed nations.
Author(s): Richard Gilbert, Anthony Perl
Publisher: Earthscan Publications Ltd.
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 374
1844072487......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Figures, Tables and Boxes......Page 10
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations......Page 16
Preface......Page 20
What is in the book......Page 24
Who could benefit from this book, and how......Page 27
Sources and terminology......Page 31
Notes......Page 33
References......Page 34
Overview......Page 36
Britain's railway revolution of 1830 to 1850......Page 40
The great wartime pause in motorization in the US......Page 45
The big switch in transatlantic travel in the 1950s......Page 54
The high-speed rail revolution of 1960 to 1985......Page 60
The air freight revolution of 1980 to the present......Page 70
Reflections on past revolutions......Page 74
Notes......Page 76
References......Page 83
Introduction......Page 88
How people move locally......Page 91
How people move across distances......Page 111
How freight moves......Page 118
Transport tomorrow?......Page 126
Notes......Page 128
References......Page 138
Introduction......Page 142
Oils and its future......Page 143
Alternatives to oil products......Page 159
Electric vehicles......Page 171
Generating enough electricity for transport......Page 184
Notes......Page 189
References......Page 205
Introduction......Page 212
Global environmental impacts......Page 214
Local and regional environmental impacts......Page 232
Adverse societal and economic impacts......Page 252
Relative impacts of transport modes and means of traction......Page 261
Notes......Page 264
References......Page 280
Setting the scene for 2025......Page 288
Scenarios for 2025 for the US......Page 295
Implementing transport redesign in the US......Page 300
Scenarios for 2025 in China......Page 318
Electricity generation in the US and China......Page 330
Moving into the future......Page 333
Notes......Page 335
References......Page 342
Saudi Arabia could be the tipping point......Page 346
China could change course in 2008......Page 352
A new US president could inaugurate a new transport era......Page 355
Notes......Page 359
References......Page 362
Index......Page 364
