A study of a trusting partnership between government and industry
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Mellish, DarrylAbstract
This paper is about reform to rural and regional bus services. The Stage 1 and 2 reforms were not done in true partnership with Industry and those experiences were published for T10. The Stage 3, Rural and Regional Reforms, were much closer to achieving trusting partnerships. The ...
See moreThis paper is about reform to rural and regional bus services. The Stage 1 and 2 reforms were not done in true partnership with Industry and those experiences were published for T10. The Stage 3, Rural and Regional Reforms, were much closer to achieving trusting partnerships. The Stage 3 reforms also provide important examples and experiences in the way social exclusion can be addressed and how different funding options can be applied. The Government’s School Student Travel Scheme (SSTS) is the framework for services in rural and regional areas. This paper covers all of the conference themes and contrasts the different approaches in Stage 3 to the earlier stages. The political environment has been changing in the NSW jurisdiction and this has had a big impact on the reform and partnership debate. Competition in rural and regional areas presents a different challenge than in urban areas and value for money and service planning have different dynamics. In most rural and regional areas cost recovery is very low and service design has been based on population rather than travel demand. The Rural and Regional Reforms allowed Government to ensure greater community consultation in the planning of bus services and included performance reporting, which was previously lacking as a mechanism to determine renewal. The rollout of new contracts with accompanying explanatory notes was the work of a joint BusNSW/Government Taskforce and are key features of the Stage 3 reforms.
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See moreThis paper is about reform to rural and regional bus services. The Stage 1 and 2 reforms were not done in true partnership with Industry and those experiences were published for T10. The Stage 3, Rural and Regional Reforms, were much closer to achieving trusting partnerships. The Stage 3 reforms also provide important examples and experiences in the way social exclusion can be addressed and how different funding options can be applied. The Government’s School Student Travel Scheme (SSTS) is the framework for services in rural and regional areas. This paper covers all of the conference themes and contrasts the different approaches in Stage 3 to the earlier stages. The political environment has been changing in the NSW jurisdiction and this has had a big impact on the reform and partnership debate. Competition in rural and regional areas presents a different challenge than in urban areas and value for money and service planning have different dynamics. In most rural and regional areas cost recovery is very low and service design has been based on population rather than travel demand. The Rural and Regional Reforms allowed Government to ensure greater community consultation in the planning of bus services and included performance reporting, which was previously lacking as a mechanism to determine renewal. The rollout of new contracts with accompanying explanatory notes was the work of a joint BusNSW/Government Taskforce and are key features of the Stage 3 reforms.
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Date
2009-09-01Department, Discipline or Centre
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