Competition and ownership in land passenger transport : selected refereed papers from the 8th International Conference (Thredbo 8), Rio de Janeiro, September 2003 / edited by David A. Hensher.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Hensher, David A., 1947-

Conference Name:

International Conference Series on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport (8th : 2003 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transportation--Passenger traffic--Congresses.

Transportation.

Local transit--Congresses.

Local transit.

Railroads and state--Congresses.

Railroads and state.

Competition--Congresses.

Competition.

Transportation--Passenger traffic.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvi, 776 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, 2005.

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.

Contents:

Chapter 2 The Road to Rio: A Brief History of the International Conferences on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport / John Preston 7

Section 1 Workshop Reports 21

Chapter 3 Performance Based Contracts: Theme A / David A. Hensher, Erne Houghton 23

Chapter 4 Competition and Regulation: Theme B / Chris Nash, Jackie Walters 47

Chapter 5 Regulatory and Planning Tools: Theme C / Joaquim Jose Guilherme de Aragao, Michele Molinari 57

Chapter 6 Institutional Frameworks: Theme D / Rosario Macario, Kjell Jansson 69

Chapter 7 Service Quality and Pricing: Theme E / Neil Smith 83

Chapter 8 Performance Data and Measurement: Theme F / Didier van de Velde, Jonathon Cowie, Charles Roberts 87

Section 2 Performance Based Contracts 101

Chapter 9 Patronage Incentives in Urban Public Transport Contracts - Appraisal of Practice and Experience to Date / Ian Wallis 103

Chapter 10 Implementing Performance-Based Quality Contracts in the Bus Sector: Growing Patronage and Post-Transitional Arrangements / David A. Hensher, Erne Houghton 129

Chapter 11 Performance Based Contracts in Public Transportation: The Melbourne Experience / John Stanley, David Hensher 155

Chapter 12 Determining Optimal Bus Service Provision: The Role of Quality in the Service Mix / John Preston, Biao Huang, Gerard Whelan 177

Chapter 13 Experience with Quality Contracts in Public Transport in Norway / Dag Magne Berge, Svein Brathen, Olav Hauge, Frode Ohr 195

Chapter 14 First Experiences with Tendering at the Tactical Level (Service Design) in Dutch Public Transport / Erik Pruijmboom, Didier van de Velde 213

Section 3 Competition and Regulation 239

Chapter 15 Regulatory Policy Developments in the Australasian Urban Public Transport Sector / Ian Wallis 241

Chapter 16 Selected Issues in Competition and Ownership in Public Bus Transport Operations in South Africa / Jackie Walters 271

Chapter 17 Competition in Dutch Public Transport / Guy Hermans, Arjen Stoelinga 291

Chapter 18 Key Factors for Boosting the Bus Transport Market in Medium-Size Towns / Jan Owen Jansson 303

Chapter 19 Local Railway Reform in Lombardy: Paving the Way to Competition / Ferdinando Stanta 313

Chapter 20 Competition or Complementarity: Regulatory Options for Urban Road Transit in Brazilian Cities / Enilson Medeiros dos Santos, Karia Fabiana, Romulo Dante Orrico Filho 331

Chapter 21 Chinese Railway Reforms at a Crossroads / Zhang Rong, Dominique Bouf 343

Section 4 Regulatory and Planning Tools 357

Chapter 22 Rail Regulation and Control in Britain-Where Next? / Christopher Nash 359

Chapter 23 Knowledge Management and Policy Formulation for Public-Private Partnerships in the Public Transport Sector / Joaquim Jose Guilherme de Aragao, Enilson Medeiros dos Santos 381

Chapter 24 Demand and Supply of Public Transport - The Problem of Cause and Effect / Johan Holmgren 405

Chapter 25 Measuring Technical Efficiency in North and South American Railways using a Stochastic Frontier Model: An International Comparison / Cesar Rivera-Trujillo 423

Chapter 26 Transit and Paratransit Competition: A Tool for Predicting Passenger Response to Price Competition / Hilba Soares Reis, Joaquim Jose Guilherme de Aragao 443

Chapter 27 Where Does Demand for Public Transport Stand? / Andrea Gutierrez 455

Section 5 Institutional Frameworks 479

Chapter 28 The Evolution of Organisational Forms in European Public Transport During the Last 15 Years / Didier van de Velde 481

Chapter 29 Bus Franchising in Developing Countries: Recent World Bank Experience / Kenneth Gwilliam 515

Chapter 30 Recent Evolution in the Bus and Coach Industry and its Economic Fundamentals / Stephen Lucas 535

Chapter 31 Institutional Frameworks, Regulatory Agencies and the Land Passenger Transport Industry: Reflections on Recent Evolutions / Rosario Macario 541

Chapter 32 A Functional Model for an Urban Passenger Transport Authority / Brendan Finn, John Nelson 559

Chapter 33 Informal Public Transport: The Pioneering Solution of Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil-The "Leva e Traz" Project / Renato Boareto 577

Chapter 34 Regionalisation of Passenger Railway Transport: Experiences from France and Italy / Laurent Guihery, Claudia Burlando 589

Chapter 35 The Reform of Local Public Transport in Italy: The Roman Case / Edoardo Marcucci, Luca Avarello 617

Section 6 Service Quality and Pricing 637

Chapter 36 Incentives for the Public Sector to Provide Commuter Transport Services: A Look into Helsinki MA Commuting / Marko Nokkala, Marja Rosenberg 639

Chapter 37 Suggestions for the Improvement of the Quality of Services of Collective Transportation / Patricia Duarte, Daniel Ignacio de Souza Junior 649

Chapter 38 Transport Service Quality and Social Responsibility through Relationship Marketing / Jorge Antonio Martins, Milena Bodmer 659

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

Chapter 40 Performance Data and Measurement: Outcomes and Trends from Brazilian Railway Privatisation / Hostilio Xavier Ratton Neto 697

Chapter 41 Performance Indicators in Urban Transport: The Texas Governor's Business Council Process / Wendell Cox 709

Chapter 42 Technical Efficiency versus Technical Change - The British Passenger Train Operators / Jonathon Cowie 739

Chapter 43 Bidding Procedure in Brazilian Urban Bus Systems: The Case of Belo Horizonte / Alexandre de Avila Gomide 765.

ISBN:

0080445802

OCLC:

59080951