Bus Transport

Bus Transport
Author: David A. Hensher
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2020-04-18
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0128203935

Bus Transport: Demand, Economics, Contracting, and Policy examines in one source the most critical and current research themes of public transport relevant to regulators, planners, operators, researchers and educators. It highlights the wider economic impacts of public transport and compares energy usage across all public transport modes. The book examines the evolving debate on Mobility as a Service (MaaS) and includes discussion of such themes as; public image issues, performance measurement and monitoring, contract procurement and design models, travel choice and demand, and global public transport reform. The book reflects the leading perspectives on the preservation and health of the bus sector, intending to move public transport reform forward. - Compiles in one source up-to-date insights on important public transport themes, issues, and debates - Examines a wide range of public transport topics in the multidisciplinary fields of economics, policy, operations, and planning - Bridges the gap between scientific research and policy implementation

Deregulation and Transport

Deregulation and Transport
Author: Philip Bell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2017-04-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351810928

This collection of edited papers, first published in 1990, has two broad sets of objectives. The first relates to transport in the wider context of New Right governments and a policy agenda for state activity which clearly reflects a shifting relationship between public and private sectors. The second focuses on transport per se and to provide evidence of the contexts, policies and practical outcomes of deregulatory measures.

Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation

Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation
Author: M. E. Beesley
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 509
Release: 1997
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0415164524

This volume collects Professor Michael Beesley's most important work in the area of privatization. He advised the government on forthcoming legislation on telecoms, buses, and water, as well as advising new regulators. Now in its second edition, the book includes the experience of privatization in Australia, and the lessons we can learn from them. Throughout, the author remains critical of the policies adopted, but always with corresponding suggestions for improvement. This insider view should be a valuable guide for all those interested in current developments in privatization.

Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation

Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation
Author: Michael Beesley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 508
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 113471159X

In this second edition of Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, the author has updated and augmented the original material to take account of developments over the last 5 years. This volume includes ten completely new chapters and coverage of the critical period from 1981to the present. The book provides a unique insight into the privatization and regulatory procedure. In addition, it presents a significant contribution to the basic economic arguments underlying these reforms to practitioners involved in privatization and regulation.

Routledge Library Editions: Transport Economics

Routledge Library Editions: Transport Economics
Author: Various
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 8157
Release: 2021-07-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1351782959

This set of previously out-of-print titles is an essential reference collection on the topic of transport economics. Providing in-depth analysis on a variety of aspects, including the economics of the airfreight, shipping and rail industries, it also examines the economics of road transport and more focused areas such as containerisation.

Transport Deregulation

Transport Deregulation
Author: Kenneth Button
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1991-10-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 134921616X

This book brings together an international collection of original papers looking at the impacts of the recent liberalization measures in the transport sector. It contains a number of area studies which focus on the deregulation of countries such as Switzerland and Australia as well as the broader European perspective. Additionally there are a number of modal studies which pay attention to the deregulation which has taken place regarding road, rail and air transport in selected countries. The papers are written by international authorities in their respective fields.

Transport in a Free Market Economy

Transport in a Free Market Economy
Author: David Banister
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1349114391

Transport policy has dramatically changed over the last ten years with major regulatory reforms and privatisation of transport enterprises. Part 1 presents an authoritative statement of the theoretical arguments for and against regulatory reform, the changing political scene in North America and the different mechanisms that can be used to return state-owned monopolies to the private sector. Part 2 presents the empirical evidence on ten years of airline deregulation in the United States and this review is matched by an assessment of the different situation in Europe where national governments are under pressure to follow the same path.