Transport and Ethics

This insightful book discusses the use of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) for transport policy options from an ethical perspective.

Each detailed chapter deals with issues such as; the use and ethical aspects of CBA in transport, social exclusion, the environment and long term sustainability, safety, ethics of research and modeling transport. It summarizes ethics-based critics on CBA and discusses their relevance for accessibility, the environment and safety. In addition it explores ethical dilemmas of doing CBAs and CBA related research. The book concludes with possible avenues for furthering exploring the links between transport and ethics.

Transport and Ethics will appeal to researchers in the area of CBA for transport, postgraduate and undergraduate students in transport economics, transport policy, transport planning and transport geography, as well as policy makers in the area of transport.

Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. The Opinion of the Target Group; 3. How Suitable is CBA for the Ex-ante Evaluation of Transport Projects and Policies?; 4. Social Exclusion; 5. Long Term Sustainability and Transport Evaluation; 6. Safety: Indicators, Pricing Humans and Democracy; 7. The Ethics of Doing Transport Research; 8. The Use of Models; 9. Epilogue and Discussion; Index