TRENDS AND OPTIONS FOR INCREASING THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN URBAN TRANSPORTATION

The proposed legislation for reforming the public transportation institutions in the Chicago region could make a very significant contribution toward reducing the escalating transportation operating deficits and increasing public transportation service by mandating that transportation planning be outside the control of public transportation operating agencies, that provision be made to ensure private provider representation in the planning process and that, to the greatest extent feasible, on new and on heavily subsidized routes, the choice of the transportation provider be made on the basis of better serving the region's total transportation needs.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Institute for Transportation, Incorporated

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  Durham, NC  United States  27705
• Authors:
  • Pikarsky, M
  • Johnson, C M
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 89-102
• Serial:
  • Journal of Advanced Transportation
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0197-6729
  • EISSN: 2042-3195
  • Serial URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)2042-3195
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economics; Legislation; Policy; Private enterprise; Public transit; Subsidies; Transit operating agencies; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois)
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390114
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• ISBN: J Adv Transp
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM