ROUTES TO THE FUTURE OF URBAN PUBLIC TRANSIT
This article discusses some of the managerial and technical changes needed to assure that the transit services needed in cities of the future will be available. There include diversification of the types of services provided, reductions in the scale of both service delivery and management bureaucracies, enhancement of the role of private providers, improvement of service efficiency, more productive negotiation with organized labour, service pricing in recognition of costs, and systematic management of travel demand. Factors limiting the potential role of new transit technology are discussed. Finally, the need for transit operating and management institutions to change, to become more responsive to markets, and to invite other, lower-cost providers to enter those markets is suggested. (Author/TRRL)
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Sage Publications, Incorporated
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Authors:
- Schofer, J L
- Publication Date: 1983-12
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: p. 149-166
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Serial:
- Urban Affairs Quarterly
- Volume: 19
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
- ISSN: 0042-0816
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Administration; Demand; Districts and authorities; Economic efficiency; Economic factors; Economics; Financing; Forecasting; Improvements; Labor negotiations; Level of service; Management; Marketing; Personnel; Policy; Pricing; Private enterprise; Productivity; Public transit; Technology; Transportation; Transportation departments; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
- Old TRIS Terms: Management policies
- ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 285: Demand (econ); 263: Economics of transport; 5911: Efficiency; 244: Financing; 132: Forecast; 9108: Improvement; 653: Level of service; 102: Personnel; 744: Public transport; 3855: Technology; 253: Transport authority; 313: Urban area
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00392807
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM