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From page 1... ... Members are appointed to the study team based on their depth of knowledge and experience in transit operations, as well as for their demonstrated advancement potential to executive levels of the public transportation industry. Participation on a mission team is designed to complement and enhance professional development, helping International Transit Studies Program Report on the Spring 2010 Mission FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE: ACHIEVING AND SUSTAINING A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR This TCRP digest summarizes the results of mission performed from June 11 through 25, 2010, under TCRP Project J-03, "International Transit Studies Program." This digest examines how bus and rail agencies and operators in several European cities develop community support for public transportation and how those communities implement sustainable funding strategies for transit assets, operations, and maintenance. Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... It is based on individual reports, provided by the mission team members, and it reflects the observations of the team members, who are responsible for the facts and accuracy of the data presented. The digest does not necessarily reflect the views of TCRP, TRB, the National Academies, the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... TfL manages the city's bus services, known as London Buses. It is one of the largest bus networks in the world, with more than 8,000 buses in the fleet. Read the entire page →
From page 4... ... . Funding for public transport in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire comes from several sources, including the following: • Council tax (property taxes) Read the entire page →
From page 5... ... , operates public transport services in the greater Karlsruhe area in southwestern Germany. Several modes are operated by KVV including light rail, trams, and buses. Read the entire page →
From page 6... ... is the main public transport company of the city of Berlin. BVG manages the city's U-Bahn underground railway, the tram system, the bus network, and the ferry networks. Read the entire page →
From page 7... ... More than 252 million trips occurred in 2009, split as follows: • Bus network: 42%, • Metro system: 30%, • Tram lines: 17%, • National Railway: 10%, and • Ferry: 1%. Funds for both operating and capital expenditures come from various sources, including ticket sales, congestion pricing, national government, and local government. Read the entire page →
From page 8... ... The results of residual life and life costing are compared with performance risks -- measures such as customer journey time, lost customer hours, compliance, extraordinary maintenance, and safety factors. Figure 5 illustrates this final step. Read the entire page →
From page 9... ... The authority's engineers perform random inspections every 4 weeks, as well as oil analysis, inspection of spot failures, and annual vehicle tests that include a review of the maintenance records. Independent traffic controllers also define, manage, and investigate performance measurements in accordance with European standards. Read the entire page →
From page 10... ... Similar to other European transit authorities, KTP has noted that the transit industry lacks standards such as those found in the aviation industry. KTP is dependent on its multidisciplinary teams to review operating maintenance issues and to recommend corrective action plans. Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... In order to expand the capacity of its surface transport system, TfL must aim to achieve and sustain a state of good repair -- for example, the London Underground's Annual Asset Management Plan, as agreed to by TfL and contractors operating under public-private partnerships, sets forth how investments are to be made. The prioritization process, to a large extent, is transferred to the public-private partnership contractor. Read the entire page →
From page 12... ... Its counterpart, Ruter, is responsible for the administration and funding of the system. FUNDING FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IN EUROPE Funding for public transportation has always been a major challenge, whether here in the United States or abroad. Read the entire page →
From page 13... ... In Europe, in contrast, gas taxes are typically treated as a general revenue source for national governments and are not a major funding source for transit, even though gas taxes in Europe are far higher than in the United States. Instead, European transit agencies maintain their systems with a wide variety of funding sources and structures including national, regional, and local taxes; fares; tolls; and private capital investments in public-private partnerships. Read the entire page →
From page 14... ... surcharge to transit fares, which raised NOK 15.6 billion ($2.5 billion) for transit expansion projects. Read the entire page →
From page 15... ... London Underground and Tube Lines were h2 billion apart in the negotiations over costs for the second 7.5 years. The dispute went to arbitration, where the arbitrator split the difference and ruled that h1 billion of the cost increase sought by Tube Lines was justified. Read the entire page →
From page 16... ... POLITICAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT In general, national policies authorize funding sources for transportation, but the impetus for the laws comes from local or regional initiatives, and the work to develop political support for the measures and to implement them is performed by local stakeholders. The national governments in three of the four countries visited by the study mission play very limited roles in funding transit services, particularly capital programs to achieve and maintain a state of good repair. Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... In Oslo, most bus service is provided by third parties. Contract agreements specify performance measures and penalties for failure to meet the targets, leaving the training in the hands of the contractor. Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... Jeff Hamm (Team Leader) , Executive Director/ CEO, Clark County Public Transportation Benefit Area (C-TRAN) Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... , TCRP International Transit Studies Program, Harrington-Hughes & Associates, Inc., Easton, Maryland APPENDIX B: STUDY MISSION HOST ORGANIZATIONS London, England Stagecoach East Midlands David Skepper, Commercial Director Transport for London Charles Doyle, Principal Jamie O'Hara, Head of Government Relations Richard Moore, Asset Management Elaine Seagriff, Head of Policy and Strategy Nottingham, England Marshalls of Sutton on Trent Ltd. (Newark) Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... 20 VBK Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe GmbH Holger Wagensommer, Planning Department Oslo, Norway Statens vegvesen Henrik Berg, Secretariat Director - Oslopakke 3 (Lillehammer, Norway) Ruter AS Espen Martinsen, Strategic Planner Oslotrikken AS Jan Egil Meling, Chief Financial Officer Oslo T-banedrift AS Oystein Svendsen, Managing Director Kolledtivtransportproduksjon AS Nancy Framstad, Executive secretary Thor Georg Saelid, Infrastructure Manager - Metro Per Erik Syvertsen, Corporate Director - Infrastructure Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... Subscriber Categories: Public Transportation ISBN 978-0-309-15561-8 9 780309 155618 9 0 0 0 0 Read the entire page →

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... Members are appointed to the study team based on their depth of knowledge and experience in transit operations, as well as for their demonstrated advancement potential to executive levels of the public transportation industry. Participation on a mission team is designed to complement and enhance professional development, helping International Transit Studies Program Report on the Spring 2010 Mission FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE: ACHIEVING AND SUSTAINING A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR This TCRP digest summarizes the results of mission performed from June 11 through 25, 2010, under TCRP Project J-03, "International Transit Studies Program." This digest examines how bus and rail agencies and operators in several European cities develop community support for public transportation and how those communities implement sustainable funding strategies for transit assets, operations, and maintenance.