Thredbo 15: Recent submissions
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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 -
Looking back at 20 years of competitive tendering in the Norwegian bus industry – explaining cost increases and reduced competition
Published 2017-01-01Our paper investigates the developments in the Norwegian bus industry following the ramp-up of competitive tendering since the early 2000s. We analyse a complete dataset of all 232 local bus contracts awarded through ...Open AccessConference paper -
Introducing renewable fuel in public bus transport – challenges and opportunities
Published 2017-01-01The differences between type and share of renewable fuel in Swedish public bus transport is large today. A previous study showed that the differences between regions could possibly be related to regional context and choice ...Open AccessConference paper -
Experts’ inventory and rating of core performance indicators and organisational features in public transport: a global Delphi survey
Published 2017-01-01Discussions involving the connection between organisational form and performance in public transport systems take place for over a century and remain at the top of the agenda in the sector. These analyses indicate that ...Open AccessConference paper -
Outcomes from new contracts with “strong” incentives for increasing patronage in bus transport in Stockholm
Published 2017-01-01The Swedish Public Transport Association (SPTA) has taken initiatives to develop contract recommendations on incentives for increased patronage in tendered contracts. There is, however, currently a small evidence-base for ...Open AccessConference paper