The 11th International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (Thredbo 11) was hosted by the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management at Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) from 20-25 September 2009. The conference attracted 120 participants from 22 countries, representing transport authorities, operators and academia. The conference included seven parallel workshops discussing 87 papers on the topics of the outcome of competitive tendering practices, ways to reach a successful contractual setting, alternatives beyond competitive tendering, system development, social inclusion, public policy and transport, and public transport markets in development.

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• Assessing performance in interurban coach transport contracts 

  Magalhães, Marcos Thadeu Q.; Gularte, Juliana; Yamashita, Yaeko; de Aragão, Joaquim José Guilherme

  Published 2009-01-01

  This paper discusses MFR (Managing for Results) in Coach Transport Contract Management. It presents an Integrated Planning Process and shows how it is possible to merge planning, monitoring and assessing activities into ...

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• Continental drift: connecting Great Britain and Scandinavia 

  Bruijnes, Remco

  Published 2009-01-01

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• Analysis of the structural characteristics of the station catchment area in Japan 

  Sanko, Nobuhiro; Shoji, Kenichi

  Published 2009-01-01

  This paper analyses the structural characteristics of station catchment areas in Japan. For the case study, the authors selected a corridor through which three railway companies have parallel operations. The station catchment ...

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• How to improve the financial situation of Urban Public Transport? The French Case 

  Faivre D’Arcier, Bruno

  Published 2009-01-01

  French local Public Transport Authorities consider urban public transport as a Public Service with four missions: accessibility to the city (low income households), reducing traffic congestion (urban economy), improving ...

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• New Regulatory Framework For Urban Passenger Transport in Ghanian Cities 

  Finn, Brendan; Arthur, Bernard Abeiku; Gyamera, Samson

  Published 2009-01-01

  The Ghana Urban Transport Project (GUTP) takes place in Accra and Kumasi, the largest cities. GUTP has three key components: (i) institutional development and capacity building, including a new Urban Passenger Transport ...

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