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An analysis on institutional preparedness to bus route tendering in the context of a fragmented liberalized market: case study of Harare, Zimbabwe
Published 2017-01-01In many cities of the developed world, the previously public owned and subsidized bus operators which provided services with minimal exposure to competition have been deregulated. Literature suggests that deregulation ...Open AccessConference paper -
Financial implications of specifying service quality in public transport service contracts with a large captive user base – the case of South Africa
Published 2017-01-01Improved service quality is increasingly acknowledged as critical for increased patronage of public transport services. However, in markets characterised by large proportions of captive public transport users, typically ...Open AccessConference paper -
Managing unprofitable passenger rail operations in Japan: Lessons from the experiences in Sweden
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Digital public transport in an era of sharing and collaborative mobility
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The wheels keep on turning. Is the end of rail franchising in Britain in sight?
Published 2017-01-01Open AccessPresentation -
Current trends and innovations affecting the potential for a widespread adoption of electric buses - A comparative case study of 22 cities in the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe
Published 2017-01-01Electric buses have environmental, economic, and health benefits, which many cities want to achieve by transitioning their fleets. However, the actual worldwide electric bus adoption is geographically uneven and limited ...Open AccessConference paper -
Local public transport in Russia: regulation, ownership and competition
Published 2017-01-01This workshop paper is motivated by the evolution of relations between public transport authorities and public transport operators all over the world. So far, however, there has been little discussion about this phenomenon ...Open AccessConference paper -
Do Direct Awards Lead to Better Public Transport?
Published 2017-01-01The best public transport with regard to patronage numbers operates in Switzerland: Zurich and Bern, for instance, achieve a public transport demand that is several times higher than in other European cities of their size. ...Conference paper -
Competition and substitution between public transport modes
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Public Transport – An Essential Service
Published 2017-01-01This paper titled, “Public Transport – An Essential Service”, asks the questions: (a) Is the contracting out of bus services by Government a truly competitive process? (b) Do the processes provide real competition, which ...Open AccessConference paper -
The Thredbo story: a journey of competition and ownership in land passenger transport
Published 2017-01-01This is a companion paper to Bray, Hensher, and Wong (2017), reviewing developments in public transport institutional reform, contract design and implementation over the past 30 years since the inception of the International ...Open AccessConference paper -
Implications of ridesourcing and self-driving vehicles on the need for regulation in unscheduled passenger transport
Published 2017-01-01One of the major recent developments in passenger transport is the arrival of large scale ridesourcing services, such as Uber and Lyft. These actors have challenged the definitions of what private and commercial transport ...Open AccessConference paper -
The 15th International Conference on Competition and Ownership of Land Passenger Transport (Thredbo 15)
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Local public transport in Russia: regulation, ownership and competion
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Measuring the Impact of Transportation in Quality of Life, Social Support, and Health.
Published 2017-01-01Transportation has a great impact on the evolution of societies, such as the level of communication, exchanges of goods and a great social importance. Through transportation the connection and contact with friends, family, ...Open AccessConference paper -
Transit network expansion and accessibility implications: a case study of Gwangju metropolitan area, South Korea
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Emerging transport technologies and the modal efficiency framework: A case for mobility as a service (MaaS)
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Outcomes from bus contracts with strong incentives in Stockholm
Published 2017-01-01Open AccessPresentation