Publisher's Synopsis
This book represents the Proceedings of one of a series of discussion meetings convened by The Royal Society with the aim of reviewing the ways in which human needs and national expectations can be served by technological developments in the 21st century. Passenger Transport After 2000AD provides an authoritative and stimulating account of the issues and problems facing transport planners in the 21st century. The contributors - leading authorities from North America and Europe put forward a wide range of viewpoints from which future technical developments and transport will be approached.