PRIVATE SECTOR FUNDING FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION: SOME COMMENTS ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

This paper attempts to move beyond the discussion of events to examine the decision processes and institutional issues involved in public-private agreements in urban transportation. It begins with a brief review of the history of private sector involvement in transportation programmes since 1945, focussing primarily on local governments' requirements and incentives. It discusses recent experiences with private sector involvement in both capital projects and operations. It considers in some detail each of the broad categories of public-private transport operations and services programmes: (1) 'voluntary programmes', where the private sector's agreement to participate is not legally enforceable; (2) 'incentives programmes' that permit favoured treatment in return for specified transport activities; (3) 'mandatory programmes' requiring the private sector to participate in traffic mitigation activities. Finally, the authors comment on the prospects for public-private partnerships, and state some policy issues that require greater attention. The discussion draws on a series of telephone interviews with developers, business representatives, city officials, and local government planners and engineers in over twenty cities, and on site visits to eight cities.

• Corporate Authors:

  STUDIES

  MCLAUGHLIN HALL
  Berkeley, CA  United States 
• Authors:
  • Deakin, E A
  • Garrison, W L
• Publication Date: 1985-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 24 p.
• Serial:
  • ITS Working Paper
  • Publisher: University of California, Berkeley

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Federal government; Financing; Improvements; Local government agencies; Networks; Policy; Private enterprise; Roads; Transportation; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00487733
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: ITS-WP
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Sep 30 1989 12:00AM