| Description |
1 online resource (270 pages) |
| Series |
Transport and Mobility |
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Transport and mobility series.
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Text Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The Significance of Travel and Mobility -- Introduction -- What is Mobility? -- The Dimensions of Everyday Mobility -- The Significance of Mobility -- Structure of the Book -- 2 Mobility and Society -- Introduction -- Six Discourses of Mobility -- Mobility and the Transport Infrastructure -- Lancaster and Morecambe -- Manchester and Salford -- Glasgow -- London -- Conclusion: Mobility and Meaning -- 3 Reconstructing Mobilities -- Introduction: What Do we Need to Know? -- What Data are Available and What Do They Tell Us? -- The Journey to Work Since 1890 -- Everyday Mobility Since the 1940s in Manchester/Salford and Lancaster/Morecambe -- Problems of Data Analysis and Interpretation -- Conclusions: Space, Time and Mobility -- 4 Changes in Everyday Mobility: An Overview -- Introduction -- Everyday Mobility in the First Half of the Twentieth Century -- Everyday Mobility in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century: Evidence from the National Travel Survey -- Everyday Mobility in Manchester/Salford and Lancaster/Morecambe: An Overview -- The Changing Relationship Between Mobility and Migration -- Conclusions -- 5 Travelling to School -- Introduction: The Changing Significance of School Travel -- The Journey to School Since 1900: Key Issues and Trends -- Travel to School Since the 1940s for Children Aged 10/11 -- Travel to School or College Since the 1940s for Adolescents Aged 17/18 -- Conclusions -- 6 Travelling to Work -- Introduction -- Changes in the Journey to Work in the Twentieth Century: Distance and Time -- Changes in the Journey to Work in the Twentieth Century: Transport Modes -- Modal Choice and the Journey to Work -- Walking to Work -- Commuting by Bicycle |
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Travelling to Work by Public Transport -- Commuting by Car -- A Closer Look at Gender Differences in the Journey to Work -- Changes in the Journey to Work Since the 1970s -- Conclusions -- 7 Travel for Leisure and Pleasure: Children Playing and Hanging Around -- Introduction -- Changes in Independent Play by Children Aged 10/11 -- Hanging Around in Town: Adolescents Aged 17/18 -- 8 Travel for Leisure and Pleasure: Entertainment, Sport, Shopping and Holidays -- Travel for Entertainment -- Travel for Sporting Activities -- Travelling to Shop -- Day Trips, Outings and Holidays -- Conclusion -- 9 Mobility, Family and the Life Course -- Introduction -- Mobility and the Family -- Mobility and the Life Course -- Conclusions -- 10 Transport Policies, Technologies and the Experience of Everyday Mobility -- Introduction -- Trams, Trolley Buses and Motor Vehicles in Glasgow and Manchester -- Travellers' Reactions to Different Forms of Intra-urban Transport -- Conclusions -- 11 The Lessons of History: Mobility Change and Contemporary Transport Policy -- Introduction -- Lessons from the Past -- Implications for Transport Policy -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Turnbull, Jean
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Adams, Mags
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| ISBN |
9781351962216 |
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1351962213 |
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