WHEELS WITHIN CITIES: NEW ALTERNATIVES FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORT

This publication challenges the conventional wisdom that public transport in cities cannot be provided at a profit; that it has to be supplied by publicly owned or franchised monopolies; and that services have to be slow and costly. A number of transport systems abroad are described (largely but not exclusively in developing countries) that operate at profit. Indications are given as to what could be done to enable the United Kingdom to develop networks of fast, reliable urban public transport services that are responsive to user's needs, and provided at prices that most can afford. (TRRL)

• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Adam Smith Institute

  50 Westminster Mansions, Little Smith Street
  London,   England 
• Authors:
  • Roth, G
  • Shephard, A
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 89 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Economic factors; Economics; Itinerary; Minibuses; Pricing; Private enterprise; Profitability; Public transit; Tariffs; Taxicabs; Transportation; Transportation operations; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 263: Economics of transport; 699: Itinerary; 1144: Operations (transp network); 744: Public transport; 241: Tariff; 1148: Taxi; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Economics; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390168
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 0-906517-42-7
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM