INTEGRATION IN URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT: THE IMPORTANCE OF REGULATION

The paper examines what has become a widely accepted key principle of urban public passenger transport policy. Integration assumes a level of unification both between and within all of the operating modes of public passenger transport - bus, tram, metro, train, etc. The growth of integration in urban areas is very much a common phenomenon within the developed world of the last 10-20 years. Differences of approach relate to matters of organizational detail more than interpretation of the principle itself. The paper discusses the following aspects of integration: Meaning and arguments advanced in its favor; Assessing the impact of integration; Case studies; What happens to integration under deregulation.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Oxford

  Transport Studies Unit, 11 Bevington Road
  Oxford,   United Kingdom  OX2 6NB
• Authors:
  • KILVINGTON, R P
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Pagination: 19 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Deregulation; Integrated systems; Public transit; Regulations; Urban transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Integration
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Highways; Law; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00463171
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: TSU/REF-303
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 31 1987 12:00AM