Ralf Roth and Colin Divall (eds), From Rail to Road and Back Again? A Century of Transport Competition and Interdependency

In the nineteenth century it was the railways that disturbed the dominance of the road carriers, especially on long-distance passenger traffic and long-haul freight. The context is a range of factors including road congestion, environmental policies, and the development of high-speed rail systems. T...

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Published in:Journal of transport history 2016, Vol.37 (2), p.274-275
Main Author: Channon, Geoffrey
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
19th century
20th century
Competition
Dependence
Environmental policy
Freight traffic
Freight transportation
High speed rail
Roads & highways
Scholars
Technological change
Traffic congestion
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Summary:In the nineteenth century it was the railways that disturbed the dominance of the road carriers, especially on long-distance passenger traffic and long-haul freight. The context is a range of factors including road congestion, environmental policies, and the development of high-speed rail systems. The essays here are hugely diverse in scope and timeframe, ranging from a single country over a short period, as for example in Roy Edwards’ ‘Shaping British Freight Transport in the Interwar Period: Failure of Foresight or Administration, 1919–34?’, to the more discursive, long view reflected in Ralf Roth, ‘Rails and Roads Between Competition and Dependency: a Long and Winding Relationship with Many Innovations That Failed’.
ISSN:0022-5266
1759-3999
DOI:10.1177/0022526616666403f