ALL ABOARD. A REVIEW OF LOCAL TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL IN URBAN AREAS OUTSIDE LONDON

Local government spends about 1 billion a year on revenue support for public transport and travel. This allows private sector bus and train operators to provide services which are socially necessary, but which are not commercially viable; funds concessionary fares for elderly people and other target groups; supports accessible transport services for people who have difficulty using ordinary buses or trains; and provides other help for transport users and the transport industry - for example, timetables and maps. This report seeks to help members in the six English passenger transport authorities (PTAs) and in metropolitan districts and city councils and senior managers in PTAs, PTEs, metropolitan districts and city councils to achieve best value for their revenue expenditure while responding to the vision of an accessible, environmentally sustainable and integrated public transport system set out in the White Paper, A New Deal for Transport: Better for Everyone. This report draws upon research carried out in 1998. It concentrates on revenue expenditure in support of public transport in major cities (excluding London), some of whose problems, such as large-scale traffic congestion and poor air quality, differ from those elsewhere. (A)

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• Publication Date: 1999

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 107 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accessibility; Buses; Costs; Financing; Local government agencies; Public transit; Railroad transportation; Tariffs
• ITRD Terms: 9139: Accessibility; 1272: Bus; 224: Cost; 244: Financing; 192: Local authority; 744: Public transport; 1173: Rail bound transport; 241: Tariff
• Subject Areas: Finance; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00766898
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 1-86240-152-7
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Aug 2 1999 12:00AM