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"We're definitely seeing a move away from drier subjects such as engineering towards topics such as green travel policy; transport assessment; public transport strategies and traffic survey techniques." This comment from PTRC's UK course manager, Polly Bradbury, reveals just how much training providers have adapted what they offer following John Prescott's 1998 White Paper which cut new roads schemes by two-thirds and pushed the government's twin policy aims of encouraging people onto public transport and maintaining existing infrastructure.