Transport Truths: Planning Methods and Ethics for Global Futures

by Greg P. Griffin

Overview

Ideal for researchers and practitioners looking for fresh approaches to transport problems, this book combines cutting-edge qualitative and quantitative knowledge to inform transport futures. It uses engaging case studies of the Banjul Airport Expansion in The Gambia, and the Interstate 35 development project in Austin, US to show how and why a transdisciplinary approach can result in better planning decisions.

As cities grow, shrink, and re-organize, with access provided by transport infrastructure, this book demonstrates the value of critical realism to create lasting, positive impacts on society and the environment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781529227451
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	05/20/2025
Series:	Urban Transport Futures
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	164
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x (d)

About the Author

Greg P. Griffin is Professor of Practice at the University of Texas at San Antonio and coordinates research with the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Methods and Ethics for Transport Analysis

2. A Biased History of Transport Futures

3. Seeing Trees Through Random Forests

4. Why and How Matter Now

5. Confronting Wicked Problems in Austin, Texas

6. Development and Capital at the Banjul Airport in The Gambia

7. Triangulating Transport Knowledge

8. Conclusion: Speaking Truths to Power

Editorial Reviews

This book shines a light on upstream approaches to transportation project challenges—which can perpetuate the ‘solutions’ that not only never quite work, but often make the problems worse.” Marc Schlossberg, University of Oregon

"This book offers a crucial perspective for transport professionals who are increasingly called upon to make ‘data-driven’ or ‘evidence-based’ recommendations. Greg Griffin invites us to consider the full variety of sources of and uses for knowledge that can guide action towards more just and sustainable transport systems." Carole Turley Voulgaris, Harvard University

"Using engaging case studies, Transport Truths reveals that transportation solutions will not come solely through data and modeling and offers researchers and practitioners a more holistic approach better fitting today’s complex world." Jennifer Dill, Portland State University

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