MODELS OF GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF PRIVATIZED TRANSIT SYSTEMS IN FIVE LATIN AMERICAN CITIES

This article focuses on models of governmental regulation and the use of customer surveys observed in the five Latin American cities visited during the ITSP's (International Transit Studies Program) eighth study mission. It also discusses several interesting performance measurement applications that were noticed during this mission. The Latin American mission team visited transit agencies in five cities: Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; and Porto Alegre, Curitiba and Sao Paulo, Brazil. In all of the cities visited, bus (and some rail) transit operations are performed by private "concessionaires" under contract to public regulatory agencies. This article compares and contrasts the different regulatory models observed among the five cities.

• Record URL:
  • https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015048213436?urlappend=%3Bseq=25
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• Corporate Authors:

  Eno Transportation Foundation

  1250 I Street, NW, Suite 750
  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Lee, D A
• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: 39 p.
• Serial:
  • Transportation Quarterly
  • Volume: 53
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Eno Transportation Foundation
  • ISSN: 0278-9434

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Customers; Government agencies; Privatization; Regulations; Transit operating agencies
• Geographic Terms: Argentina; Brazil; Latin America; Uruguay
• Subject Areas: Law; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00760646
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 15 1999 12:00AM