ABSTACLES TO THE SETTING UP AND OPERATION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IN SUBURBAN AREAS ---PUBLIC TRANSPORT PLANNING AND OPERATION, PROCEEDINGS OF SEMINAR K HELD AT THE 12TH PTRC SUMMER ANNUAL MEETING, UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX, ENGLAND, 10-13 JULY 1984, VOLUME P253

The orientation law on inland transport in France is an element of the government's decentralisation policy. It means that local authorities will be responsible for a greater part of public transport in suburban areas. Legislation places emphasis on public transport improvements necessary to ensure easy access to transport. It seems important to adapt public transport supply to demand in specific types of urban area. One method of approaching this problem has been to define the principal obstacles to the development of public transport in the types of area chosen. Each gives rise to specific problems which, up to now, appear to have been badly solved if one judges by the low level of use. Several hypotheses were tested to examine possible explanations: failure of adapting supply to real needs, transport operators' doubts regarding the promotion of new types of transport, reticence or hesitation on the part of elected representatives in fields unfamiliar to them, and financial gamble of adding public transport costs to other service costs and local management. For the covering abstract of the seminar see IRRD 284761.

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• Authors:
  • Balbin, E
• Publication Date: 1984

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 175
• Serial:
  • Publication of: PTRC Education and Research Services Limited
  • Publisher: PTRC Education and Research Services Limited
  • ISSN: 0960-9938

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Costs; Demand; Improvements; Legislation; Local government agencies; Personality; Public transit; Suburbs
• Uncontrolled Terms: Responsibility; Use
• Geographic Terms: France
• Subject Areas: Finance; Law; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00487101
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 086050-138-8
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM