Thredbo 11: Recent submissions
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How Much Do We Save On Competitive Tendering? Quantitative Study of Polish Cities’ Experience
Published 2009-01-01Demonopolization of urban transport in Poland has been lasting for almost two decades, whereas 17 years have passed since first Public Transport Authorities (PTAs) were established in 1992. At the same time Polish towns ...Open AccessConference paper -
Some Determinants of Cost Efficiency in German Public Transport
Published 2009-01-01This paper evaluates cost efficiency and some of its managerial determinants in Germany’s local public transport. A heteroscedastic Stochastic Frontier approach reveals that a high degree of tramcar utilisation and a high ...Open AccessConference paper -
A Review Of An Optimal Public Transport Service Network In The Randstad Area: Is The Randstad Area In Control?
Published 2009-01-01The general belief in the Netherlands is that the public transport in the western urbanized part of the Netherlands (the Randstad area) with the main cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht can perform (much) ...Open AccessConference paper -
Suburbanization and Urban Public Transport Declining public transport in Japanese regional city and regional transport policy
Published 2009-01-01In contrast to the three major metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, urban transport in Japanese regional cities has been on the decline. In addition to the rise in automobile usage, the population of city centres ...Open AccessConference paper