Local Transport Today is the authoritative, independent journal for transport decision makers. Analysis, Comment & News on Transport Policy, Planning, Finance and Delivery since 1989.

Trams, cars and the process of gentrification

Phil Goodwin
07 June 2007
 

In the traffic forecasting tradition the biggest determinant of traffic growth is car ownership growth and the biggest determinant of car ownership growth is income growth and income growth is a good thing. The idea that people - some people - might choose to have high incomes but not cars has been, at most, a quirky footnote.

But quirky footnotes do have a habit of appearing, whether acceptable or not. Malcolm Fairhurst, in the Operations Research Department of London Transport back in 1975,...

+91% more

 

Healthy Streets Senior Traffic Engineer
Bristol City Council
100 Temple Street Redcliffe Bristol BS1 6AN
£37,336 to £39,186
Senior Engineer (Streetspace Team)
London Borough of Haringey
Alexandra House, England
PO4 £47,532 – £50,574 per annum
Senior Transport Planner (Euston, HS2 and KX)
Camden Council
5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG
£44,579
View all Vacancies
 
Search
 

Phil Goodwin

Phil Goodwin

Phil Goodwin

Phil Goodwin is professor of transport policy at the Centre for Transport and Society, University of West of England, Bristol, and emeritus professor at University College London. Email: philinelh@yahoo.com

 



 

 
 
 

TransportXtra is part of Landor LINKS

© 2024 TransportXtra | Landor LINKS Ltd | All Rights Reserved

Subscriptions, Magazines & Online Access Enquires
[Frequently Asked Questions]
Email: subs.ltt@landor.co.uk | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7091 7959

Shop & Accounts Enquires
Email: accounts@landor.co.uk | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7091 7855

Advertising Sales & Recruitment Enquires
Email: daniel@landor.co.uk | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7091 7861

Events & Conference Enquires
Email: conferences@landor.co.uk | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7091 7865

Press Releases & Editorial Enquires
Email: info@transportxtra.com | Tel: +44 (0) 20 7091 7875

Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions | Advertise

Web design london by Brainiac Media 2020