Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport

In 1989 the late Professor Michael Beesley and Professor David Hensher convened a workshop of an invitational group of academics, transport operators and government regulators to review and report on the recent reforms in the British bus sector. The workshop was held in Thredbo, Australia. At the time this was a once off activity. It success has spawned a series of biannual conferences (now known as the Thredbo series) held in Finland (1991), Canada (1993), New Zealand (1995), England (1997) South Africa (1999), Norway (2001), Brazil (2003) and Portugal (2005). The conference series attract a unique mix of researchers and practitioners with the common aim to share their experiences throughout the world on topics related to the institutional reform of land passenger transport (especially bus, rail and ferry). The focus is on workshops and plenary sessions in which participants are engaged in intense discussions that lead to the production of workshop reports that set the agenda for reform for the next period between the conferences. In the past workshop reports have been published in a major international journal and selected papers in special issues of journals. The growing number of citations of the material from the Thredbo series has motivated this book, providing an opportunity to bring together in one volume the best papers from the conference plus the workshop reports. All chapters have been referred by peers. The themes in this volume (the first in a new series) include competition and regulation, contract specifications (especially performance-based contracts), regulatory and planning tools, institutional frameworks, service quality and pricing and performance data and measurement. Within one volume a comprehensive update and review of the reform programs throughout the world in the land passenger transport sector is provided.

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  Elsevier

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  New York, NY  United States  10011-1710
• Conference:
  • Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport. 8th International Conference (Thredbo 8)
  • Location: Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
  • Date: 2003-9-15 to 2003-9-18
• Publication Date: 2005

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 776p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transportation; Bus travel; Competition; Contract rates; Performance; Planning and design; Pricing; Public transit; Quality control; Quality of service; Regulations; Service time; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01003339
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080445802
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 25 2005 11:04AM