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Bus Transport
Economics, Policy and Planning
1st Edition - January 30, 2007
Author: David A. Hensher
Hardback ISBN:9780762314089
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eBook ISBN:9780080469584
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The bus is the most patronised of all land–based public passenger mode but is seen as a somewhat unglamorous means of supporting mobility and accessibility, in contrast to rail –… Read more
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The bus is the most patronised of all land–based public passenger mode but is seen as a somewhat unglamorous means of supporting mobility and accessibility, in contrast to rail – heavy and light, yet offers so much to the travelling public as well as offering attractive sustainability opportunities. This book reflects the author’s perspective on issues of importance to the preservation and health of the bus sector. The twenty one chapters cover the themes of institutional reform, performance measurement and monitoring, service quality, costing and pricing of services including commercial and non-commercial contracts, travel choice and demand, integrated bus-based systems, and public transport policy, especially challenges in growing patronage.
Academics and researchers in city planning, transportation, economics, and the social sciences
Dedication
About the Author
List of Chapters and Previous Sources of Publication
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Organisation and ownership of public transport service
2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.2 ORGANISATIONAL REFORM DEVELOPMENTS
2.3 OTHER ISSUES
2.4 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ONGOING CONSIDERATION
Chapter 3: User needs and impact on public transport
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 SERVICE EFFECTIVENESS IN DIVERSIFIED MARKETS
3.3 QUALITY PARTNERSHIPS
3.4 SERVICE EFFECTIVENESS AND CONTRACTS
3.5 RECOMMENDATIONS
Chapter 4: Contracting options
4.1 INTRODUCTION
4.2 Definitional Issues for Performance-Based Contracts (PBCs)
4.3 PROCURING SERVICES THROUGH COMPETITIVELY TENDERED OR NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS – THE ISSUES
4.4 PAYMENT MODELS
4.5 OTHER ISSUES
4.6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ONGOING INQUIRY
APPENDIX 4A THE CHILEAN PROPOSAL22
APPENDIX 4B THE INFORMAL OR ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORT SECTOR: RELEVANT OR REDUNDANT?
Chapter 5: Contract areas and service quality issues in public transit provision: some thoughts on the european and australian context
5.1 INTRODUCTION
5.2 CONTRACT AREA SIZE AND NUMBER
5.3 INTEGRATED FARES: REGULATORY CONTROL AND/OR GENUINE BENEFIT TO PASSENGERS?
5.4 CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX 5A THE IMPACT OF FARES AND TICKETING INTEGRATION ON PATRONAGE INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES
APPENDIX 5B CONTRACT AREA SIZE: THE ADELAIDE VIEW
Chapter 6: Performance-based quality contracts in bus service provision
6.1 INTRODUCTION
6.2 THE APPEAL OF PBC
6.3 THE HORDALAND (NORWAY) AND NEW ZEALAND MODELS: A HEALTHY STARTING POSITION
6.4 A PROPOSED PERFORMANCE-BASED QUALITY CONTRACT REGIME FOR AUSTRALIA
6.5 CONCLUSION
Chapter 7: Performance-based quality contracts for the bus sector: Delivering social and commercial value for money
7.1 INTRODUCTION
7.2 INCENTIVE-BASED PERFORMANCE CONTRACTS
7.3 THE AUSTRALIAN PBC PROPOSITION
7.4 A CASE STUDY FOR THE OUTER METROPOLITAN AREA OF SYDNEY
7.5 CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
Chapter 8: Delivering value for money to government through efficient and effective public transit service continuity: Some thoughts
8.1 INTRODUCTION
8.2 THE INDISPUTABLE STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE OF GOVERNMENT ON BEHALF OF SOCIETY
8.3 TRUST, COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION
8.4 SUPPORTING EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH THE LIFE OF A CONTRACT (AND NOT AT THE TIME OF TENDERING)
8.5 ASSET OWNERSHIP – A KEY ISSUE LINKED TO THE BOUNDARIES OF A TRANSIT OPERATOR'S BUSINESS
8.6 CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX 8A ACHIEVEMENTS OF COMPETITIVE TENDERING, AGAINST THE MAJOR GOALS OF CUTTING SERVICE COSTS AND IMPROVING SERVICE QUALITY
APPENDIX 8B COMPETITIVE TENDERING – TOO MUCH FOCUS ON THIS INSTEAD OF THE BIGGER AGENDA
APPENDIX 8C EFFICIENT DELIVERY OF PUBLIC FUNDS
Chapter 9: Melbourne's Public Transport Franchising: Lessons for PPPs
9.1 SCOPE
9.2 TRAIN AND TRAM FRANCHISING IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
9.3 ANTECEDENTS
9.4 OUTCOMES FROM FRANCHISING
9.5 OVERVIEW
9.6 WHY HAS THE PROCESS FAILED TO DELIVER?
9.7 MELBOURNE'S EMERGING NEW ARRANGEMENTS
9.8 CONCLUDING COMMENTS
Chapter 10: Establishing a Fare Elasticity Regime for Urban Passenger Transport
10.1 INTRODUCTION
10.2 MICROECONOMIC SPECIFICATION OF THE INDIRECT UTILITY FUNCTION FOR CHOICE ALTERNATIVES
10.3 SPECIFYING A CHOICE MODEL
10.4 THE EMPIRICAL CONTEXT
10.5 EMPIRICAL RESULTS
10.6 CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 11: Preserving the symmetry of estimated commuter travel elasticities
11.1 INTRODUCTION
11.2 CHOICE AND ORDINARY ELASTICITIES
11.3 AGGREGATE DEMAND AND HEV PROPERTIES
11.4 THE MODEL
11.5 THE EMPIRICAL CONTEXT
11.6 RESULTS
11.7 INDICATIVE COMPARISONS WITH OTHER ESTIMATES
11.8 CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX 11A THE STATED CHOICE EXPERIMENT FARE CATEGORIES AND LEVELS
APPENDIX 11B ORIGINAL AND ADJUSTED MATRICES OF COMMUTER DEMAND ELASTICITIES
APPENDIX 11C HEV MODEL: JOINT ESTIMATION OF SP AND RP CHOICES
Chapter 12: TRESIS (Transport and Environmental Strategy Impact Simulator): A Case Study
12.1 INTRODUCTION
12.2 DETAILED BACKGROUND TO TRESIS
12.3 APPLICATION ISSUES
12.4 WARRINGAH CASE STUDY
12.5 CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIX 12A TRESIS 1.4 OUTPUTS
Chapter 13: Productivity Measurement in the Urban Bus Sector
13.1 INTRODUCTION
13.2 MEASURING PERFORMANCE – TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
13.3 DATA REQUIREMENTS AND THE SOURCING OF DATA
13.4 DESCRIPTIVE PROFILE OF THE URBAN BUS SECTOR 1991/1992
13.5 GROSS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY
13.6 CONCLUDING COMMENTS
Chapter 14: A service quality index for area-wide contract performance assessment
14.1 INTRODUCTION
14.2 THE SEARCH FOR AN OPERATIONAL INDICATOR OF SERVICE QUALITY
14.3 THE STATED PREFERENCE PARADIGM
14.4 DEFINING THE EMPIRICAL SETTING AND THE SP EXPERIMENT
14.5 RESULTS OF THE USER PREFERENCE MODEL
14.6 THE SERVICE QUALITY INDICATOR (SQI)
14.7 OPERATIONALISING SQI AS A REGULATORY TOOL
14.8 CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 15: Developing a service quality index (SQI) in the provision of commercial bus contracts
15.1 BACKGROUND
15.2 DATA REQUIREMENTS AND ATTRIBUTE SELECTION FOR SERVICE QUALITY MEASUREMENT
15.3 SAMPLE RESPONSE
15.4 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS TO QUANTIFY SERVICE QUALITY
15.5 CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 16: Non-commercial contract reimbursement: the institute of transport studies (ITS) model
16.1 INTRODUCTION
16.2 QUALITY OF SURVEY DATA
16.3 THE ITS MODEL
16.4 JUSTIFIABLE FACTORS FOR 2003
16.5 COMPARISON OF PWC AND ITS MODELS
16.6 UPDATING COSTS TO CURRENT DOLLARS
16.7 SUMMARY
APPENDIX 16A NON-COMMERCIAL CONTRACT COST INDEX SURVEY WITH NOTES
APPENDIX 16B ITS MODEL: ACC WORKSHEET
APPENDIX 16C BUSINESS LOAN RATES
APPENDIX 16D ITS MODEL AND PWC MODEL SUMMARY SHEETS, 2002
APPENDIX 16E ITS MODEL AND PWC MODEL SUMMARY SHEETS, 2003
APPENDIX 16F TOTAL REVENUE REQUIRED PER BUS, PWC MODEL VS. ITS MODEL, $, 2002, BY CONTRACT CATEGORY
APPENDIX 16G TOTAL REVENUE REQUIRED PER BUS, PWC MODEL VS. ITS MODEL, $ 2003, BY CONTRACT CATEGORY
APPENDIX 16H COMMERCIAL CONTRACT KPIS 2001–2002(INDIVIDUAL OPERATOR NAMES HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED)
Chapter 17: A bus-based transitway or light rail? Continuing the saga on choice versus blind commitment
17.1 INTRODUCTION
17.2 TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT LIGHT RAIL AND BUS-BASED TRANSITWAYS
17.3 MORE ON THE COST OF ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS
17.4 MORE ON PATRONAGE?
17.5 IMPACTS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT FACILITIES ON LAND USE
17.6 AN ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT EXPERIENCE
17.7 CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 18: The future of exclusive busways: the Brazilian experience
18.1 INTRODUCTION
18.2 BRAZIL: NATIONAL HISTORY AND PROFILE
18.3 CONCLUSION
APPENDIX 18A INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS
Chapter 19: The imbalance between car and public transport use in urban Australia: why does it exist?
19.1 INTRODUCTION
19.2 THE CHALLENGES FACING PUBLIC TRANSPORT
19.3 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT?
19.4 LOOKING FOR NICHES: NOW YOU ARE TALKING SENSE
19.5 THE BRITISH CHALLENGE TO TRY AND REDRESS THE IMBALANCE
19.6 TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT LIGHT RAIL OR TRAMS
19.7 CONCLUDING THOUGHTS: THE KEY CHALLENGES REMAIN
APPENDIX 19A URBAN PASSENGER TRAVEL ACTIVITY IN AUSTRALIA
Chapter 20: Urban public transport delivery in Australia: issues and challenges in retaining and growing patronage
20.1 INTRODUCTION
20.2 BIG THEMES AND KEY SENTIMENTS
20.3 PRACTICES THAT OFFER PATRONAGE OPPORTUNITIES
20.4 THREE HIGH AGENDA THEMES TO GROW PATRONAGE
20.5 CONCLUDING COMMENTS
Chapter 21: Urban public transport agendas and challenges
21.1 INTRODUCTION
21.2 CHANGING THE BALANCE IN FAVOUR OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT
21.3 THE ONGOING DEBATE ON TECHNOLOGICAL FORMS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT: BUS SYSTEMS AND LIGHT RAIL REVISITED YET AGAIN!
21.4 ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS AND BUSES
21.5 SERVICE QUALITY AND YOUR CUSTOMERS: THE ULTIMATE PURPOSE
21.6 CONCLUDING THOUGHTS: TRANSPORT-FRIEND OR FOE?
References
Subject Index
No. of pages: 538
Language: English
Published: January 30, 2007
Imprint: JAI Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780762314089
eBook ISBN: 9780080469584
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David A. Hensher
Professor David Hensher is the Founding Director of the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies (ITLS) at The University of Sydney. David is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences, Recipient of the 2009 International Association of Travel Behaviour Research (IATBR) Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition for his long-standing and exceptional contribution to IATBR as well as to the wider travel behaviour community; Recipient of the 2006 Engineers Australia Transport Medal for lifelong contribution to transportation, recipient of the Smart 2013 Premier Award for Excellence in Supply Chain Management, the 2014 Institute of Transportation Engineers (Australia and New Zealand) Transport Profession Award, and the 2016 Award for Outstanding Research as part of the inaugural University of Sydney Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence. David is also the recipient of the 2019 John Shaw Medal which honours an industry champion who has made a lasting contribution to Australia's roads. In 2018 David was selected as one of 25 academics at the University of Sydney who have made a significant impact through engaging with industry and government. He has published over 650 papers in leading international transport and economics journals as well as 16 books. He has over 54,000 citations of his contributions in Google scholar and a Scopus H-index of 65.
Affiliations and expertise
Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, The University of Sydney, Australia