Urban and Regional Planning Series, Volume 13: Transportation Planning, Policy and Analysis is a review of selected policies affecting the administration, urban transportation, and proposals regarding transport improvements. The book discusses the inter-relationship of transport policy and analysis of transportation planning. The text outlines the development of transportation planning considering the constraints placed upon studies made in the transportation system. The author describes the planning process as evolving, with the nature of the problem changing along with the passing of time. The author reviews the administrative framework and the polices affecting urban traffic and public transports. He evaluates the policy-decision mechanisms influenced by ""maximization subject to constraint."" The author then presents some mathematical simulation models of transport, and then emphasizes that actual testing and experimentation of a model are needed to overcome any cardinal weaknesses. The book also cites the SELNEC and Tyneside studies where their major component is on road expenditure, which studies regarded as not very cost-effective. The author then cites legislations and development proposals that transportation plans should be integrated with land use planning and traffic systems. The author also discusses why developments in transport planning analysis is a political decision. City administrators, officials of traffic and engineering departments and bureaus, civil engineers, and urban developers will find this book of interest.

This regional spatial strategy (RSS) for Yorkshire and the Humber is based upon the selective review of RPG 12 (2001, ISBN 0117536180). The review addressed: rural regeneration; coastal communities; culture and tourism; climate change; renewable energy; flood risk; waste management and transport. The RSS has statutory status under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2003, and must be be taken into account by local authorities when preparing their development plans and local transport plans. Specific chapters cover: regional context; vision, objectives and strategy; regional spatial strategy; the economy; housing; transport; social infrastructure; built and natural environment; resource management; monitoring, implementation and review.