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9780080445809

Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport : Selected papers from the 8th International Conference (Thredbo 8), Rio de Janeiro, September 2003

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    9780080445809

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    0080445802

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-06-09
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science & Technology
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Summary

In 1989 the late Prof Michael Beesley and Prof David Hensher convened a workshop of an invitational group of academics, transport operators and government regulators to review and report on the recent reforms in the British bus sector. The workshop was held in Thredbo, Australia. At the time this was a once off activity. Its success was such that it spawned a series of biannual conferences (now known as the Thredbo series) held in Finland (1991), Canada (1993), New Zealand (1995), England (1997), South Africa (1999), Norway (2001), Brasil (2003) and Portugal (2005). The conference series attracts a unique mix of researchers and practitioners with the common aim to share their experiences throughout the world on topics related to the institutional reform of land passenger transport (especially bus, rail and ferry). The focus is on workshops and plenary sessions in which participants are engaged in intense discussions that lead to the production of workshop reports that set the agenda for reform for the next period between the conferences. In the past workshop reports have been published in a major international journal and selected papers in special issues of journals. The growing number of citations of the material from the thredbo series has motivated this book, providing an opportunity to bring together in one volume the best papers from the conference plus the workshop reports. All chapters have been peer refereed. The themes in this volume (the first in a new series) include competition and regulation, contract specifications (especially performance-based contracts), regulatory and planning tools, institutional frameworks, service quality and pricing and performance data and measurement. Within one volume we provide a comprehensive update and review of the reform programs throughout the world in the land passenger transport sector. The Volume is edited by Professor David Hensher, co-founder of the series and a recognized world authority in the field.

Table of Contents

Foreword
David A. Hensher
xiii
Chapter 1. Introduction
David A. Hensher
1(6)
Chapter 2. The Road to Rio: A Brief History of the International Conferences on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport
John Preston
7(14)
SECTION 1. WORKSHOP REPORTS 21(80)
Chapter 3. Performance Based Contracts: Theme A
David A. Hensher and Erne Houghton
23(24)
Chapter 4. Competition and Regulation: Theme B
Chris Nash and Jackie Walters
47(10)
Chapter 5. Regulatory and Planning Tools: Theme C
Joaquim José Guilherme de Aragão and Michele Molinari
57(12)
Chapter 6. Institutional Frameworks: Theme D
Rosário Macário and Kjell Jansson
69(14)
Chapter 7. Service Quality and Pricing: Theme E
Neil Smith
83(4)
Chapter 8. Performance Data and Measurement: Theme F
Didier van de Velde, Jonathon Cowie and Charles Roberts
87(14)
SECTION 2. PERFORMANCE BASED CONTRACTS 101(138)
Chapter 9. Patronage Incentives in Urban Public Transport Contracts-Appraisal of Practice and Experience to Date
Ian Wallis
103(26)
Chapter 10. Implementing Performance-Based Quality Contracts in the Bus Sector: Growing Patronage and Post-Transitional Arrangements
David A. Hensher and Erne Houghton
129(26)
Chapter 11. Performance Based Contracts in Public Transportation: The Melbourne Experience
John Stanley and David Hensher
155(22)
Chapter 12. Determining Optimal Bus Service Provision: The Role of Quality in the Service Mix
John Preston, Biao Huang and Gerard Whelan
177(18)
Chapter 13. Experience with Quality Contracts in Public Transport in Norway
Dag Magne Berge, Svein Brathen, Olav Hauge and Frode Ohr
195(18)
Chapter 14. First Experiences with Tendering at the Tactical Level (Service Design) in Dutch Public Transport
Erik Pruijmboom and Didier van de Velde
213(26)
SECTION 3. COMPETITION AND REGULATION 239(118)
Chapter 15. Regulatory Policy Developments in the Australasian Urban Public Transport Sector
Ian Wallis
241(30)
Chapter 16. Selected Issues in Competition and Ownership in Public Bus Transport Operations in South Africa
Jackie Walters
271(20)
Chapter 17. Competition in Dutch Public Transport
Guy Hermans and Arjen Stoelinga
291(12)
Chapter 18. Key Factors for Boosting the Bus Transport Market in Medium-Size Towns
Jan Owen Jansson
303(10)
Chapter 19. Local Railway Reform in Lombardy: Paving the Way to Competition
Ferdinando Stanta
313(18)
Chapter 20. Competition or Complementarity: Regulatory Options for Urban Road Transit in Brazilian Cities
Enilson Medeiros dos Santos, Karia Fabiana and Romulo Dante Orrico Filho
331(12)
Chapter 21. Chinese Railway Reforms at a Crossroads
Zhang Rong and Dominique Bouf
343(14)
SECTION 4. REGULATORY AND PLANNING TOOLS 357(122)
Chapter 22. Rail Regulation and Control in Britain-Where Next?
Christopher Nash
359(22)
Chapter 23. Knowledge Management and Policy Formulation for Public-Private Partnerships in the Public Transport Sector
Joaquim José Guilherme de Aragão and Enilson Medeiros dos Santos
381(24)
Chapter 24. Demand and Supply of Public Transport - The Problem of Cause and Effect
Johan Holmgren
405(18)
Chapter 25. Measuring Technical Efficiency in North and South American Railways using a Stochastic Frontier Model: An International Comparison
Cesar Rivera-Trujillo
423(20)
Chapter 26. Transit and Paratransit Competition: A Tool for Predicting Passenger Response to Price Competition
Hilba Soares Reis and Joaquim José Guilherme de Aragão
443(12)
Chapter 27. Where Does Demand for Public Transport Stand?
Andrea Gutierrez
455(24)
SECTION 5. INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS 479(158)
Chapter 28. The Evolution of Organisational Forms in European Public Transport During the Last 15 Years
Didier van de Velde
481(34)
Chapter 29. Bus Franchising in Developing Countries: Recent World Bank Experience
Kenneth Gwilliam
515(20)
Chapter 30. Recent Evolution in the Bus and Coach Industry and its Economic Fundamentals
Stephen Lucas
535(6)
Chapter 31. Institutional Frameworks, Regulatory Agencies and the Land Passenger Transport Industry: Reflections on Recent Evolutions
Rosário Macário
541(18)
Chapter 32. A Functional Model for an Urban Passenger Transport Authority
Brendan Finn and John Nelson
559(18)
Chapter 33. Informal Public Transport: The Pioneering Solution of Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil-The "Leva e Traz" Project
Renato Boareto
577(12)
Chapter 34. Regionalisation of Passenger Railway Transport: Experiences from France and Italy
Laurent Guihery and Claudia Burlando
589(28)
Chapter 35. The Reform of Local Public Transport in Italy: The Roman Case
Edoardo Marcucci and Luca Avarello
617(20)
SECTION 6. SERVICE QUALITY AND PRICING 637(42)
Chapter 36. Incentives for the Public Sector to Provide Commuter Transport Services: A Look into Helsinki MA Commuting
Marko Nokkala and Marja Rosenberg
639(10)
Chapter 37. Suggestions for the Improvement of the Quality of Services of Collective Transportation
Patricia Duarte and Daniel Ignacio de Souza Junior
649(10)
Chapter 38. Transport Service Quality and Social Responsibility through Relationship Marketing
Jorge Antonio Martins and Milena Bodmer
659(20)
SECTION 7. PERFORMANCE DATA AND MEASUREMENT 679
Chapter 39. Is the Current Ownership Structure of the British Bus Industry Capable of Meeting Public Policy Objectives?
Charles Roberts
681(16)
Chapter 40. Performance Data and Measurement: Outcomes and Trends from Brazilian Railway Privatisation
Hostilio Xavier Ratton Neto
697(12)
Chapter 41. Performance Indicators in Urban Transport: The Texas Governor's Business Council Process
Wendell Cox
709(30)
Chapter 42. Technical Efficiency versus Technical Change - The British Passenger Train Operators
Jonathon Cowie
739(26)
Chapter 43. Bidding Procedure in Brazilian Urban Bus Systems: The Case of Belo Horizonte
Alexandre de Ávila Gomide
765

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