Books by David Banister

This book makes a major contribution to the debate and is directed at researchers, decision makers and students who are interested in the wider economic development impacts of transport.

This fully updated text describes the evolution of transport planning and provides a clear account of its strengths and weaknesses, what it has achieved how it relates to actual policy decisions and where it is likely to go in the future.

An overview of the relationship between transport systems and the public policies that shape them, looking at influencing factors and examining transport in the urban, national and global context.