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Appendix A: Transit Contracting and Privatization Initiatives in Western Europe
Appendix A: Transit Contracting and Privatization Initiatives in Western Europe
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This appendix provides a brief overview of circumstances in several Western European countries, focusing on bus services. Table A-1 summarizes public- and private-sector roles in transit provision in the United States, Canada, and five EU countries.
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In 1985, legislation passed by the British Parliament deregulated motor bus services throughout the country, with the exception of the greater London metropolitan area. Local transportation authorities were disbanded, and public transit operations were privatized and many of their assets sold.
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Partly because of the success with tendering, the national government has abandoned plans to extend the deregulation of bus services to London. Deregulation continues elsewhere, although the national government has taken some regulatory steps to improve bus service quality, and local passenger transportation authorities have been restored in most urban areas to improve overal1 transport planning.
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Copenhagen Transport, the regional transportation authority, is obliged to seek competitive tenders for two-thirds of the bus services in the region. The tenders are sought on a route-by-route basis.
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For instance, very little contracting goes on in the Brussels Capital Region, in which transit services are provided by the pubficly owned regional Interdistrict Transport Company. In most other regions, however, a portion of public transit service is contracted out, usually on the basis of payments per vehicle-kilometer of service and subject to the meeting of specified service standards.
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2001. Special Report 257: Making Transit Worh: Insight from Western Europe, Canada, and the United States.
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