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The Struggle for Regulatory and Economic Sphere of Influence in the Matatu Means of Transport in Kenya: A Stakeholder Analysis
Published 1999-01-01The matatu is a small-scale public means of transport in Kenya. This paper analyses the struggle for regulatory and economic sphere of influence in the matatu means of transport in Kenya. The main finding in this paper is ...Open AccessConference paper -
US Competitive Tendering: Comprehensive Cost Analysis
Published 1999-01-01Open AccessConference paper -
A Strategic Review of Public Transport User Needs in the Cape Metropolitan Area
Published 1999-01-01This paper reviews user needs and current public transport operations in the Cape Metropolitan Area. It shows that public transport services are currently unsustainable in terms of increasing subsidy requirements as well ...Open AccessConference paper -
The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) An Innovation in Transportation Governance and Funding
Published 1999-01-01Concepts such as competition, subsidy elimination and private service delivery have transformed the national and international transportation industries in recent decades, but their implementation in urban transportation ...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 -
Impacts of the Cairo Metro
Published 1999-01-01The Cairo Metro the first in Africa and the Middle East is a two-line system, heavily-used. Data from the operator and a direct passenger survey are used to illustrate patterns of use and draw policy implications for ...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 -
The Transport-Ticket System in Brazil for Urban Public Transport
Published 1999-01-01The transport-ticket system in Brazil for urban public transport was implanted on 1987, in the big cities. By the system, the employers must to supply their employees with sufficient amount of tickets, to facilitate their ...Open AccessConference paper -
The Advent of Transport Authorities in South Africa
Published 1999-01-01Open AccessConference paper -
Revitalising European Railways: A Comparative Assessment of the Emerging Models
Published 1999-01-01In this paper, we analyse and compare the various institutional models and regulatory arrangements that have recently emerged from the restructuring of European passenger rail industries and, more specifically, the contractual ...Open AccessConference paper -
Public-private Partnership in Building Public Transport Lines with Right of Way in France: A New Start?
Published 1999-01-01At the end of the eighties, several French conurbations considered calling on private companies to construct public transport lines with right of way1. Some ten years after the signature of the first statutory contracts, ...Open AccessConference paper -
Pricing and Financing of the Railway in a Competitive Environment
Published 1999-01-01Open 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 -
A Holistic Financing Strategy for Transport in South Africa
Published 1999-01-01Open AccessConference paper -
Quality Bus Partnerships Implications for Market Performance
Published 1999-01-01Open AccessConference paper -
Study on Fund Raising Means for China's Railways
Published 1999-01-01The existing financing resources of construction fund for China s railways are presented in the first section of this paper. In the next section, The impacts and restrictions of the funding raising means were analyzed and ...Open AccessConference paper -
Funding of Public Passenger Transport in Developing Countries - A Case of India
Published 1999-01-01The funding problems of land passenger transport in developing countries are different and more complicated. The paper brings out the present scenario of financial performance and funding arrangements in the Railways and ...Open AccessConference paper -
Matching Funding to Outcomes: Incentive Based Contracts for Passenger Transport
Published 1999-01-01Open 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 -
Opening up the Pandora Box of Deregulation - the Deregulation Process of the Swedish Railway System
Published 1999-01-01Open AccessConference paper