COMBINING SCHEDULED COMMUTER SERVICES WITH PRIVATE HIRE, SIGHTSEEING AND TOUR WORK: THE LONDON EXPERIENCE

The Transport Act 1980 completely removed quantity control for scheduled express services which carry passengers more than 30 miles measured in a straight line. It also made road service licenses easier to obtain for operators wishing to run services over shorter distances by limiting the scope for objections. As a result of these legislative changes a new type of service has emerged over the last four years carrying long-distance commuters to and from work in London. Vehicles used on such services would only be utilised for short periods every weekday unless other work were also found for them.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the 26th Annual Meeting, Theme: Markets and Management in an Era of Deregulation, held November 13-15, 1985, Amelia Island Plantation, Jacksonville, Florida.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Forum

  1133 15th Street, NW, Suite 620
  Washington, DC  United States  20005

  Cross (Richard B) Company

  Oxford, Indiana,   United States  47971
• Authors:
  • Robbins, D K
  • White, P R
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 273-281
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Forum Proceedings
  • Volume: 26
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Cross (Richard B) Company

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus transit; Buses; Commuter service; Deregulation; Legislation; Private enterprise; Tour buses; Tour operators
• Geographic Terms: London (England); United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus services
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00455111
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1988 12:00AM