VALIDATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT. MOBILITY IN URBAN AREAS

RENDERE VALIDA L'ALTERNATIVA DEL MEZZO PUBBLICO. LA MOBILITA NELLE AREE METROPOLITANE

THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT HAS PROMISED TO FINANCE 30,000 BUSES IN FIVE YEARS FOR URBAN AND SUBURBAN PASSENGER TRANSPORT. THIS ARTICLE REVIEWS REGIONAL STATE AND LOCAL TRANSPORT POLICIES IN TERMS OF THIS PROMISE AND IN THE LIGHT OF THE RECENT OIL CRISIS. IT IS POINTED OUT THAT WHILST PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN TRANSPORT AMOUNTED TO 9000 BILLION LIRA IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, ONLY 650 BILLION LIRA WAS SPENT BY PUBLIC AUTHORITIES ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE SAME PERIOD.

• Corporate Authors:

  Societa Autostrade

  Via Antonio Nibby 10
  00161 Rome,   Italy 
• Authors:
  • Sagona, P L
• Publication Date: 1974-1

Language

• Italian

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos;
• Pagination: p. 19-26
• Serial:
  • AUTOSTRADE
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Economics; Finance; Financing; Investments; Planning; Policy; Private enterprise; Public administration; Public transit; Suburbs; Transportation; Transportation planning; Urban areas; Urban transportation
• Geographic Terms: Italy
• ITRD Terms: 244: Financing; 227: Investment; 8051: Italy; 143: Planning; 173: Policy; 744: Public transport
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00083253
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 1 1982 12:00AM