Transport Lessons from the Fuel Tax Protests of 2000

Glenn Lyons, Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton, UK Kiron Chatterjee, Transportation Research Group, University of Southampton, UK

Contents: An Appreciation of the Roots of the Fuel Tax Protests: Fuel tax protests and fuel rationing - an historical perspective, Reg Harman; Pro-car or anti-car? environment, economy and liberty in UK transport debates, Paul Rosen; Fuel taxation and an account of the fuel tax protests in France, Patrice Salini; Fuel taxes and the environment - economy trade off, Greg Marsden; Are fuel prices important? Phil Goodwin. Empirical Evidence of the Impacts of a Fuel Shortage: The effect of the fuel crisis on sections of the English motorway network, David Eves, James Quick, Paul Boulter and John Hickman; Travel behaviour of car users during the UK fuel crisis and insights into car dependence, Kiron Chatterjee and Glenn Lyons; A telephone survey of stated travel responses to fuel shortages, Neil Thorpe, Michael Bell, John Polak and Robert B. Noland; Stages of change in drivers' willingness to reduce car use, before and during the UK fuel crisis, Susan Beatty, Michelle Meadows and David White; Effective fuel management in road transport fleets, Tony Whiteing, Michael Coyle and Colin Bamford. Learning from Crises: Experiences and lessons from conducting an emergency survey of motorists during the UK fuel crisis, Glenn Lyons and Mark Beecroft; Crisis or drama? - a summary of the response to the fuel crisis in the UK, Greg Marsden and Mark Beecroft; The top of the escalator?, Graham Parkhurst; What can be learned by studying transport crises? Peter Bonsall; Name Index.