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Increasing Public Transport Market Share in South Africa: The Options
Published 1999-01-01Public transport in South Africa is facing increasing pressures as the need to do more with less increases. It must continue to attract new riders and retain existing ones as well as ensure support from the community at ...Open AccessConference paper -
The Brazilian Urban Bus Industry: Present Challenges and Future Perspectives
Published 1999-01-01The aim of this contribution is the description and understanding of the present crisis in the Brazilian urban bus sector and to point out new perspectives for the development of this industry. At the beginning, the present ...Open AccessConference paper -
MISTRAL: An Information System for Local Public Transport Services in Lombardy
Published 1999-01-01The local public transport system in the Lombardy Region is to be restructured in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of public transportation. In line with EU and national legislation, public authorities are ...Open AccessConference paper -
Competitive Tendering of Railway Services in Sweden Extent and Effects 1989-1999
Published 1999-01-01In 1988 the vertical separation of the Swedish State Railways into one train operator (SJ) and one infrastructure holder (Banverket) was implemented. Together with the transfer of responsibility for the regional non-profitable ...Open AccessConference paper -
Tendering Ferry Services in Norway: Ratchet Effects?
Published 1999-01-01Fjord crossings by ferries are vital in the Norwegian trunk road system. The ferries are operated by ferry companies, each ferry company being a monopolist on a bundle of crossings. The government regulates prices and ...Open AccessConference paper -
Experimental Tendering: An Analysis of Experiences from the Road/Ferry Sector in Norway
Published 1999-01-01Open AccessConference paper -
A Scheme to Improve the Effectiveness of the Bus Services in Lombardy Through Tenders
Published 1999-01-01In Lombardy public subsidies to bus companies have increased in the last ten years, while market share and quality of public transport have declined. In 1996, the Lombardy Region began a reform of public local transport. ...Open AccessConference paper -
An Overview of Public Transport in the United Kingdom and Forecasts for the new Millenium
Published 1999-01-01Open AccessConference paper -
Standing in the Shadow of the Giants - Conditions for Entry and Survival of Small Businesses on the Deregulated Bus and Railway Markets in Sweden
Published 1999-01-01Since the late 1980s, the entry barriers for new bus and railway companies have gradually been reduced in Sweden. In this paper the effects of these changes upon small businesses are analysed with the help of a couple of ...Open AccessConference paper -
Franchise A Live and Let Live Option for Public Transport Undertakings in India
Published 1999-01-01Passenger road transport in India has thus far been predominantly under the domain of the public sector. The Road Transport Corporations Act, 1950, paved the way for the upsurge of nationalised bus transport in India. In ...Open AccessConference paper -
Public Transport Route Optimisation Methodology in South Africa
Published 1999-01-01During the last few decades public transport demand patterns in South African metropolitan areas have changed considerably due to market forces such as urban decentralisation and informal settlement on the urban fringes. ...Open AccessConference paper -
Benchmarking of Mobility Networks Performances: Competitive Threat or Cooperative Tool?
Published 1999-01-01This paper proposed a synthesis of the potential fields of application of benchmarking in the field of mobility, based on the most recent initiatives of the European Commission and practical applications. After a definition ...Open AccessConference paper -
Contractual Form and Performance in the Norwegian Bus Industry 1986-96
Published 1999-01-01The Norwegian public transport market has experienced a significant development over the last decade. Over this period the number of independent companies have declined from 220 to 83, the two largest groups have through ...Open AccessConference paper -
Integration Between Bus and Light Rapid Transit on Midland Metro Line 1
Published 1999-01-01It had been intended, when the proposed paper was submitted, to report on the first attempts at bus/LRT interchange on the new Midland Metro, and on the response of private sector bus operators who could, should the ...Open AccessConference paper -
The Economics and Politics of Contracting out with the Private Sector: Evidence from the US Transit Industry
Published 1999-01-01The paper studies contracting practices in the US transit industry. It employs the methods of transaction cost economics and public choice theory to develop an empirical model of bus contracting in the US transit industry. ...Open AccessConference paper -
The Role of IT&S (Information Technology and Systems) in the Transport Arena
Published 1999-01-01The topic is not an easy one. Information Technology and Systems (or Management Information Systems) have come of age in the transport industry, regardless of the mode. It is impossible to entertain any discussion about ...Open AccessConference paper -
Evaluating Urban Buses Performance: A Comparative Analysis of Brazilian Methodologies
Published 1999-01-01Brazilian urban buses are operated by private enterprises under administrative contracts to local transport authorities. Usual contract duration is five-to-seven years, but competitive re-tendering may be avoided through ...Open AccessConference paper -
Determination of Urban Transport Policy in Indonesia
Published 1999-01-01Open AccessConference paper -
The Advent of Transport Authorities in South Africa
Published 1999-01-01Open AccessConference paper