Transport infrastructure investment - options for efficiency

Surface transport plays a fundamental role in nearly all social and economic activity. Providing and maintaining the infrastructure consumes enormous resources. Thus, it is essential that this be carried out in the most efficient and effective way possible. Many options are available to provide surface transport infrastructure - public ministries and agencies, public-private partnerships (PPPs), state-owned companies, private and non-profit entities, and outright privatisation. There are also various means of paying for it, including user charging, subsidies, public borrowing or private financing. This report examines key principles that should be considered by governments in deciding how to provide and pay for surface transport infrastructure, with a view to best serving societies' needs and employing public resources. It also considers the key issues that must be resolved in making more use of private financing and expertise. (A)

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  International Transport Forum

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• Publication Date: 2008

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 234p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economics; Financing; Maintenance; Mathematical models; Public private partnerships; Traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Efficiency
• ITRD Terms: 255: Economics; 5911: Efficiency; 244: Financing; 3847: Maintenance; 6473: Mathematical model; 755: Traffic
• Subject Areas: Economics; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I10: Economics and Administration; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01095489
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• ISBN: 928210155X
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Apr 25 2008 9:29AM