ARE URBAN BUS SERVICES NATURAL MONOPOLIES? PAPER PRESENTED AT THE AUSTRALASIAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH FORUM; PART 1

Although Britain's local bus service has been open to free competition for more than three years, most have continued to be operated as monopolies by the original incumbents. Some competition has occurred, but the incumbents have usually driven off entrants. This paper uses findings from case-studies of competition and from deregulation generally to consider whether monopoly operation has inherent advantages over competitive operation. If so, urban bus routes would be natural monopolies. The evidence suggests that they are, because single-operator services are more convenient for users. (Author/TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  New South Wales Department of Transport

  GPO Box 1620
  Sydney, New South Wales,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • EVANS, A W
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 251-267
• Serial:
  • Publication of: New South Wales Department of Transport
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: Pt 1
  • Publisher: New South Wales Department of Transport

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bus routes; Bus transit; Case studies; Competition; Conferences; Deregulation; Economics; Level of service; Monopoly; Operating costs; Policy
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Bus transportation (Intracity)
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00609786
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-7305-7703-1
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1991 12:00AM