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Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport - Selected Papers from the 8th International Conference (Thredbo 8), Rio De Janeiro, September 2003 (Hardcover, New Ed.)
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Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport - Selected Papers from the 8th International Conference (Thredbo 8), Rio De Janeiro, September 2003 (Hardcover, New Ed.)
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In 1989 the late Prof Michael Beesley and Prof David Hensher
convened a workshop of an invitational group of academics,
transport operators and government regulators to review and report
on the recent reforms in the British bus sector. The workshop was
held in Thredbo, Australia. At the time this was a once off
activity. Its success was such that it spawned a series of biannual
conferences (now known as the Thredbo series) held in Finland
(1991), Canada (1993), New Zealand (1995), England (1997), South
Africa (1999), Norway (2001), Brasil (2003) and Portugal (2005).
The conference series attracts a unique mix of researchers and
practitioners with the common aim to share their experiences
throughout the world on topics related to the institutional reform
of land passenger transport (especially bus, rail and ferry). The
focus is on workshops and plenary sessions in which participants
are engaged in intense discussions that lead to the production of
workshop reports that set the agenda for reform for the next period
between the conferences. In the past workshop reports have been
published in a major international journal and selected papers in
special issues of journals. The growing number of citations of the
material from the thredbo series has motivated this book, providing
an opportunity to bring together in one volume the best papers from
the conference plus the workshop reports. All chapters have been
peer refereed. The themes in this volume (the first in a new
series) include competition and regulation, contract specifications
(especially performance-based contracts), regulatory and planning
tools, institutional frameworks, service quality and pricing and
performance data andmeasurement. Within one volume we provide a
comprehensive update and review of the reform programs throughout
the world in the land passenger transport sector. The Volume is
edited by Professor David Hensher, co-founder of the series and a
recognized world authority in the field.
* The most current global assessment of reforms in land passenger
transport
* Papers written by those who influence policy and institutional
reform in over 20 countries
* A comprehensive statement of the successes and failures in public
transport reform
* Many of the authors are regarded as the leading authorities in
the field
* The case studies throughout the world are not available in any
other single source
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