Contracting-Out Public Transport Planning: Options and Prospects

This paper describes how contracting-out of public transport has tended to focus mainly on operations. However, this conference series has considered ideas concerning tendering for service specification (the architecture mode) and tendering for planning provision. Yet there has been only limited progress in the contracting-out of such tactical functions in public transport. This paper reviews the options and progress with such contracting-out and this might include an authority contracting-out its transport planning functions to an external party or sub-contracting out certain key functions. It might involve the creation of a third party planning body that includes representation from a range of stakeholders including authorities and operators. Various other forms of public-private partner are possible. Alternatively, contracting-out might involve a tendering regime in which service quantity and quality and fare structure and levels were award criteria along with, instead of, subsidy or in which there were incentives for operators to re-specify the tender in terms of services and fares. The paper concludes that there is a lack of evidence about the efficacy of the various alternatives.

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• Authors:
  • Preston, John
• Conference:
  • Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport. 9th International Conference (Thredbo 9)
  • Location: Lisbon , Portugal
  • Date: 2005-9-4 to 2005-9-8
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: First Edition
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 171-188
• Monograph Title: Competition and Ownership in Land Transport Passenger Transport

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contracting; Contracting out; Operations; Policy making; Policy, legislation and regulation; Public private partnerships; Public transit; Stakeholders; Subcontractors; Tenders; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation services
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Law; Policy; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01051383
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780080450957
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 8 2007 9:52AM