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All things must pass? Recent changes to competition and ownership in public transport in Great Britain.
Preston, JohnPublished 2023The publication of the National Bus Strategy in March and the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail in May 2021 suggests an end to the period of deregulation and privatisation that has dominated local buses in Great Britain since ...Open AccessConference paper -
Competition Policy and the British Bus Industry: The Case of Mergers
Preston, JohnPublished 1992-01-01Open AccessConference paper -
Competitive Tendering and Other Forms of Contracting‐Out: Session B: Rail and Public Transport
Preston, John; Link, HeikePublished 2017-01-01Open AccessConference paper -
Getting Back On-Track or Going Off the Rails? An Assessment of Ownership and Organisational Reform of Railways in Western Europe
Shires, Jeremy; Preston, JohnPublished 1999-01-01This paper reports on work undertaken for the European Commission (EC) between 1996 and 1999. It is shown that despite reforms initiated by the EC Directive 91/440, the performance of 17 state owned western European rail ...Open AccessConference paper -
An Overview of Public Transport in the United Kingdom and Forecasts for the new Millenium
Preston, JohnPublished 1999-01-01Open AccessConference paper -
Regulation Policy in Land Passenger Transportation in Europe
Preston, JohnPublished 2001-01-01This paper draws on a number of projects undertaken recently for the European Commission. It reviews the changing regulatory policies toward bus, coach and rail travel in the member states of the European Union. It is found ...Open AccessConference paper -
Report on Understanding Competition and Anti-Trust Behavior
Preston, JohnPublished 1992-01-01Open AccessConference paper -
The wheels keep on turning. Is the end of rail franchising in Britain in sight?
Preston, JohnPublished 2017-01-01Open AccessPresentation -
The Wheels Keep on Turning: Is the end of rail franchising in Britain in sight?
Preston, JohnPublished 2017-01-01The regime of passenger rail franchising in Britain, in actual fact a form of competitive tendering, has been in place for over 20 years. The developments have been reported at past Thredbo Conferences, including by the ...Open AccessConference paper -
Workshop 1 report: Regulatory regimes: National and comparative regulation of public transport
Preston, John; Wretstrand, AndersPublished 2023This workshop considered whether there was a need for a fourth way (or ways) to organise and regulate public transport to complement the three existing models of classic regulation, deregulation and limited competition ...Presentation -
Workshop 1. Models of Mainstream Public Transport Provision
Preston, John; Walters, JackiePublished 2020This workshop continued the long tradition of reviewing developments in the contracting-out of public transport services in this Conference series. Drawing on 12 research papers and presentations and the ensuing lively ...Open AccessPresentation
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