BARRIERS TO REFORM: INSTITUTIONAL AND POLITICAL BARRIERS TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY

An integrated transport management system was trialed in Shellharbour, Australia, in the early 1990s. The trial area was a fringe growth area south of the Sydney CBD. The trial took place under a bilateral agreement between the Australian and German Federal governments. The trial, although achieving limited success with coordination of bus transport, failed to achieve the broader aim of providing an integrated information and management system for public transport throughout the local government area. This failure was predominantly because of failures at the institutional, government and political level, associated with caution on the part of private sector participants with respect to new technology, a lack of understanding of private sector imperatives by government, a complex regulatory regime and suspicion of government by some private sector participants. In addition, significant difficulties were experienced in implementing the technology due to poor support and commitment by some overseas participants. Language and cross-cultural issues were also significant. The paper closes by presenting a model framework for the future development of transport technology initiatives of this type. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see IRRD abstract no. 878368.

• Corporate Authors:

  ATRF CONFERENCE

  PO BOX 90-040
  AUCKLAND,   New Zealand 
• Authors:
  • WITHERBY, A W
• Conference:
  • AUSTRALASIAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH FORUM (ATRF), 20TH, 1996, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, VOLUME 20, PART 2
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 18 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Buses; Conferences; Federal government; Intelligent transportation systems; Local government; Management; Policy; Private enterprise; Technology; Transportation; Urban areas
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Germany
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8006: Australia; 1272: Bus; 8531: Case study; 8525: Conference; 8125: Germany; 183: Government (national); 192: Local authority; 173: Policy; 9118: Private; 3855: Technology; 1155: Transport; 313: Urban area
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00731599
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 27 1997 12:00AM