PRIVATIZATION OF PUBLIC TRANSIT SERVICES. A SUMMARY OF AN INFORMATIONAL REPORT

A new interest in private sector involvement in transit service provision is noted. Such involvement, it is expected, would solve some of the industry's problems by increasing productivity, reducing costs, attracting more riders, and finding innovative ways of providing services. It is also pointed out that it is the monopolistic and uncompetitive environment in which transit (public and private) operates that causes problems. A 1984 Federal Transit Administration (FTA) policy of setting up processes between the private and public sectors is discussed. The article briefly reviews cases of privatization across the country in Kansas, California, Texas, Maryland, and Michigan. The competitive spirit that reduces costs and improves performance in a public transit agency as a result of service contracting is referred to as the 'ripple effect.' Examples of these are described from England, Virginia, California, Utah, Indiana, Oregon, and Kentucky.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • By ITE Technical Committee 6A-41.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Publication Date: 1992-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 29-33
• Serial:
  • ITE Journal
  • Volume: 62
  • Issue Number: 9
  • Publisher: Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
  • ISSN: 0162-8178
  • Serial URL: https://www.ite.org/publications/ite-journal/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Governments; Private enterprise; Privatization; Public transit
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00624294
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 7 1993 12:00AM