Integrated transport - a will-o'-the'-wisp? : a view of inland transport development in Great Britain during the 20th century

Wylde, John2007

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Integrated (or co-ordinated) transport is a term which has been used for many years to express the interaction of the various forms of transport, and it came to prominence again right at the end of the twentieth century. There has been a divergence of views as to its importance, and sometimes even its desirability, but this book aims to help readers appreciate what it is that should, or should not, be integrated. It describes trends and major incidents in transport development during the twentieth century within a chronological framework, the decades forming the chapters. Within each chapter there are sections on legislation, roads, waterways, freight, railways, trams and trolleybuses, London Transport and passenger road transport outside London, as far as possible in that order for the sake of consistency. Ferries, shipping and internal air services, however, tend to defy logic and may appear near the beginning or right at the end of the decade chapters. When legislation was enacted towards the end of a decade, its description is at least begun in the relevant chapter and continues in the following chapter.