عنوان

Competition and ownership in land passenger transport :

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0080467598

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1280746726

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6610746729

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9780080467597

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9781280746727

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9786610746729

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0080450954

Erroneous ISBN

9780080450957

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b715416

Title Proper

Competition and ownership in land passenger transport :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

selected papers from the 9th International Conference (Thredbo 9), Lisbon, September 2005 /

First Statement of Responsibility

editors, Rosário Macário, José Manuel Viegas, David A. Hensher.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Elsevier,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2007.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvii, 968 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations, maps

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references.

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Cover -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Section 1. Overview on competition and ownership in land passenger transport -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Design and Innovation of Competitive Public Transport to foster Patronage -- Contract Design and Implementation Issues -- Creating and Maintaining Trusting Partnerships -- Key Performance Indicators and Data for Monitoring and Auditing -- Competition, Regulatory change and Ownership -- Institutional configuration and framework as a driver for system performance -- Policy evolution and decision making process -- Chapter 2 Looking forward: What comes next in competition and ownership of land passenger transport? -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Competitive intrusion, incentives and outcomes -- 3. Key drivers of change -- 4. Growing patronage -- 5. The real competition -- The car: Charging for car use is coming and quicker than you think -- 6. Viability and globalisation -- 7. Sharing risk and rewards -- 8. Some technology is good -- But there are caveats -- 9. The potential of public transport to serve future generations of the elderly -- 10. The STO framework -- Always with US -- References -- Section 2. Innovation in governance, planning and service design -- Chapter 3 Transport and governance: Co-decision and power sharing -- 1. Introduction: Why are some transport policy problems so hard to solve? -- 2. The main factors of difficult governance in transport -- 3. Multiple legitimate perspectives, need to accept compromise -- 4. Leadership and consistency -- 5. Why isn't this done more often? -- References -- Chapter 4 Creative problem solving in developing countries -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Affordability of fares -- 3. Inability to finance appropriate vehicles -- 4. "Destructive competition" -- 5. Overcrowding -- 6. Operating behavior -- 7. Failure to provide social services -- 8. Road congestion -- 9. Conclusions -- Chapter 5 Reorganisation of processes to gain competitive advantages: The case of rail 2000 and beyond -- Abstract -- 1. Background -- 2. Rail 2000 -- 3. New challenges -- 4. Needs and solutions -- 5. The new system -- 6. Conclusions -- Section 3. Regulatory reform -- Chapter 6 Regulation and competition in the European land transport industry: Recent evolutions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Overview of main trends -- 3. European legal framework -- 4. Comments on the pending European legal framework -- 5. Concluding observations: Is everything permitted? -- References -- Chapter 7 Reform of European passenger railways -- Where do we stand? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 3. Legislation -- 4. What has actually happened? -- 5. Competition in passenger services -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Section 4. Institutional configurations and frameworks -- Chapter 8 Metropolitan planning organizations in the United States -- Issues and challenges -- Introduction -- Metropolitan planning organizations -- Structure and function -- A changing MPO role -- Current and emerging MPO issues -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9 Reestructuring, regulation and institutional design: A fitness problem.

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Text of Note

These papers cover innovation in governance, planning and service design, regulatory reform, contracts and partnerships, design and innovation in public transport to foster patronage, key performance indicators and data for monitoring and auditing, policy evolution and decision making processes, and more.

Title

Competition and ownership in land passenger transport.

International Standard Book Number

0080450954

Bus lines, Congresses.

Competition, Congresses.

Local transit, Congresses.

Railroads, Congresses.

Transportation and state, Congresses.

Transportation-- Passenger traffic, Congresses.

Bus lines.

Competition.

Local transit.

Railroads.

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Civil-- Transport.

Transportation and state.

TRANSPORTATION-- General.

Transportation-- Passenger traffic.

TEC-- 009160

TRA-- 000000

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Hensher, David A.,1947-

Macário, Rosário.

Viegas, José Manuel.

International Conference Series on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport(9th :2005 :, Lisbon, Portugal)

Date of Transaction

20201208054011.0

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