Papers
Thredbo 10
Plenary Papers
- Sit Next to Someone Different Every Day - How Public Transport Contributes to Inclusive Communities (PDF)
Heather Allen - The Case for a National Approach for Metropolitan Passenger Transport in Australia (PDF)
Simon Barrett and Simon Moodie - International Perspectives - New Zealand
John Collyns - Market Role and Regulation of Extensive Urban Minibus Services as Large Bus Service Capacity is Restored Case Studies from Ghana, Georgia and Kazakhstan
Brendan Finn
Thredbo 10 Book - Public Transport Policy for Central City Travel in The Light of Recent Experiences of Congestion Charging
Jan Owen Jansson
Thredbo 10 Book - Developing Bus Rapid Transit Systems in Brazil Through Public Private Partnerships (PDF)
Luis Antonio Lindau, Luiz Afonso dos Santos Senna, Orlando Strambi and Wagner
Colombini Martins - Transantiago: A Tale of Two Cities
Juan Carlos Muoz and Antonio Gschwender
Thredbo 10 Book - Railway Reform in The Last 20 Years European Experience Reconsidered
Chris Nash
Thredbo 10 Book - Institutional and Political Conditions for The Establishment of Congestion Charging Regimes: A Comparison of Norwegian and Swedish Experiences (PDF)
Oddgeir Osland and Merethe Dotterud Leiren - Public Transport Policy in Canada and The United States: Developing Political Commitment from The Federal Government
Michael W. Roschlau
Thredbo 10 Book - Overview of Public Transport Policy Developments in South Africa (PDF)
Jackie Walters
Theme A: Growing patronage - challenges and what has been found to work
Chairs: Professor Graham Currie and Dr John Rose, Professor Rosário Macário and Professor Sergio Jara-Daz
- Kickstarting Growth in Bus Patronage: Targeting Support at the Margins (PDF)
Abigail L. Bristow, Marcus Enoch, Lian Zhang; Clare Greensmith, Norman James and Stephen Potter - Improving Efficiency: An Evaluation of Sydney Buses Bondi Bendy Prepay Service
Martin Byatt, Giselle Oscuro and Melina Rookes - Marketing of Public Transport Services to Achieve Patronage Growth in a Multi-Private Operator Environment
Bernie Carolan and John Stanley - Growing Patronage - Think Tram? (PDF)
Dennis Clich and Sam Reid - Long-Term Trends in Modal Share for Urban Passenger Travel (PDF)
David Cosgrove and David Gargett - Effective Ways to Grow Urban Bus Markets A Synthesis of Evidence (PDF)
Graham Currie and Ian Wallis - Barriers Towards Intermodality for Pursuing to-Work Commuters Modal Shift to Bus Rapid Transit System in Jakarta, Indonesia (PDF)
Puspita Dirgahayani, Noboru Harata and Nobuaki Ohmori - Impact of Employee Motivation on Passenger Satisfaction Levels A Case Study in the State of Karnataka (India) (PDF)
Tammana V. Ramanayya, Vishnuprasad Nagadevara and Shyamal Roy - Understanding Key Drivers of Public Transport Patronage Growth - Recent South East Queensland Experience (PDF)
Mark Streeting and Robin Barlow - Provision of Local Bus Services in Japan: Focusing on the Roles for Local Governments and Nonprofit Organisations (PDF)
Yoshinori Takahashi - Factors Behind Recent Patronage Trends in Britain and their Implications for Future Policy (PDF)
Peter White - NIGHTLINK Public Transport for the Party Crowd (PDF)
Paul Blake, Erin Moogan and Peter Bradley - Modelling Public Transport Corridors with Aggregate and Disaggregate Demand (PDF)
Sergio Jara-Daz, Alejandro Tirachini and Cristin Corts - Climate Change, Enhanced Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Passenger Transport What Can We Do to Make a Difference? (PDF)
David A. Hensher - Public Funding to Long Distance Buses - An Entry Barrier or A Necessity? (PDF)
Merethe Dotterud Leiren - Transferability of Sustainable Urban Mobility Measures
Rosário Macário and Carlos Marques
Thredbo 10 Book - What is Strategy in Urban Mobility Systems? (PDF)
Rosário Macário - Teleological Framework for Transport Planning and Evaluation: A Tool in the Seek for Integrated and Meaningful Solutions for Better Results (PDF)
Marcos Thadeu Queiroz Magalhes, Lus Srgio da Cruz Silveira, Ernesto Pereira, Heider Augusto da Silva, Thas Maria de Andrade, Yaeko Yamashita and Joaquim Jos Guilherme de Aragão - Institutional Reform: A Decision-Making Process View
Alastair Stone
Thredbo 10 Book - Purpose-Driven Public Transport: Creating a Clear Conversation about Public Transport Goals (PDF)
Jarrett Walker - BUZ = frequency and reliability - the winning formula (PDF)
Alan Warren
Theme B: Nations and regions in transition
Chairs: David Kilsby and Professor Jos Viegas
- Regulatory Reform of the Urban Bus System in Recife (Brazil): Stakeholders and the Constituency-Building Process (PDF)
Ansio Brasileiro, Cludia Guerra and Joaquim Aragão - Urban Transport in South America: Trends in Competition and Competition Policy (PDF)
Rmulo Orrico Filho, Joaquim Jos Guilherme de Aragão and Enilson Medeiros dos Santo - Dubai Public Transport Bus Master Plan A New Era of Public Transport Services in the Worlds Fastest Developing City (PDF)
Jrgen Kaiser - The Impact of Peak Oil on Public Passenger Transport Policy (PDF)
David Kilsby - Lessons in Ownership, Regulation and Management from 100 Years of Bus Transport in Sri Lanka
Amal S. Kumarage and M.D.R.P. Jayaratne
Thredbo 10 Book - Medium-Sized Public-Transport-City in the Future (PDF)
Marja Rosenberg and Henriika Weiste - Review of Regulation of Commercial Urban Bus and Ferry Services in New Zealand (PDF)
Anatole Sergejew - Integration Barriers for Informal Transport Modes 129-141
Tiago Veras, Luis N Filipe and Rosário Macário
Thredbo 10 Book - Outcomes of Regulatory Change in Urban Mobility: Adjusting Institutions and Governance (PDF)
Jos M Viegas and Rosário Macário - Improving Urban Public Operation: Experience of Rostov-on-Don (Russia) (PDF)
Vladimir Zyryanov and R. Sanamov
Theme C: Risk and reward in public transportation contracting
Chairs: John Stanley and Didier van de Velde, Professor Jackie Walters and Professor Jan Owen Jansson, Professor Chris Nash and Professor John Preston
- Risk Management Clauses in Tender Contracts for Passenger Transport Operations: the Case of Manaus, Brazil (PDF)
Joaquim Jos Guilherme de Aragão, Rmulo Dante Orrico Filho and Marianne Trindade Cmara - The Economic Regulation of Brazilian Intermunicipal Coach Transport (Tipo): Contributions that May Arise from the Courts of Accounts Role (PDF)
Joaquim Jos Guilherme de Aragão, Fernando Rolim and Ansio Brasileiro - Paying for Performance: Uncertainty, Asymmetric Information and the Payment Model
Louise Hooper
Thredbo 10 Book - When to Tender, When to Negotiate? Why Are We Ignoring the Elephants in the Room? (PDF)
Jonathan Myers and David Ashmore - Delivering Trusting Partnerships for Route Bus Services: A Melbourne Case Study (PDF)
John Stanley - A New Regulation for the European Public Transport
Didier van de Velde
Thredbo 10 Book - Competitive Tendering in the Netherlands: Central Planning or Functional Specifications? (PDF)
Didier van de Velde, Lars Lutje Schipholt and Wijnand Veeneman - Provision of Public Transport Under Conflicting Regulatory Regimes (PDF)
Roger Vickerman - Public vs. Private Management of Public Utilities: The Case of Urban Public Transport in Europe
Miguel Amaral
Thredbo 10 Book - A Framework Approach to Developing Public Transport Contracting Regimes (PDF)
Simon Barrett, Florian Dehne and Michelle McCormick - Bus Transport: Is there a Regulatory Cycle? (PDF)
Ken Gwilliam - Quality Incentives Quality Outcome in Procured Public Transport, Case Study Stockholm (PDF)
Kjell Jansson and Roger Pyddoke - Staggered School Hours to Spread Peak Demand for Public Transport Benefits and Costs (PDF)
Jan Owen Jansson and Anders Ljungberg - A Journey from Adversary to Partnership Bus Reform in NSW
Darryl Mellish; Ian MacDonald and Peter Dwyer
Thredbo 10 Book - The South African Experience with Negotiated Versus Competitively Tendered Bus Contracts (PDF)
Jackie Walters and D Cloete - Prospects and Pitfalls of Public-Private Partnerships in the Transportation Sector Theoretical Issues and Empirical Experience (PDF)
Gunnar Alexandersson, Staffan Hultn - Transformation and Problems of The Semi-Public Railways in Japan 17-21 (PDF)
Mami Aoki - One Train Operator and Two Infrastructure Managers: A Simple Model to Explore The Issue of Infrastructure Charging (PDF)
Dominque Bouf - Vertical Divestiture as a Competitive Strategy: The Case of Railway Passenger Transport Reform in Russia (PDF)
Andrei Dementiev - Rail Infrastructure Pricing for Intercity Passenger Services in Europe: Possible Impacts on The Railways Competitive Framework (PDF)
Rosário Macário, Paulo F.Teixeira, M. Snchez-Borr, A. Lpez-Pita and C. Casas Esplugas - Franchising and Performance Based Contracts: Lessons from Public Transport in Melbourne (PDF)
Paul Mees - Passenger Rail Franchising British Experience (PDF)
Chris Nash and Andrew Smith - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: A Review of Rail Franchising in Britain
John Preston
Thredbo 10 Book
Theme D: Social exclusion What can public transport offer?
Chairs: Dr Janet Stanley and Dr Karen Lucas
- In Search of an Effective Service Delivery Model to Provide Services for the Transport Disadvantaged (PDF)
Helen C. Battellino - Investigating Links Between Transport Disadvantage, Social Exclusion and Well-Being in Melbourne Preliminary Results (PDF)
Graham Currie, Tony Richardson, Paul Smyth, Dianne Vella-Brodrick, Julian Hine, Karen Lucas, Janet Stanley, Jenny Morris, Ray Kinnear and John Stanley - Accessibility For All: Effects Of Measures in The Public Transport Field (PDF)
Trine Hagen and Katrine Nss Kjørstad - Assessing the "Value" of New Transport Initiatives in Deprived Neighbourhoods in the UK (PDF)
Karen Lucas, Sophie Tyler and Georgina Christodoulou - A "fare" Go for Regional Communities The Challenge of Providing Accessibility to Regional and Remote Communities (PDF)
Erin Moogan - The Dynamics of Social Exclusion: Some Insights from Norway 97-112 (PDF)
Tanu Priya and Andr Uteng - The Usefulness of Social Exclusion as a Theoretical Concept to Inform Social Policy in Transport (PDF)
Janet Stanley - Meeting Older Persons Mobility and Access Needs a Re-Think on Public Transport (PDF)
Fei Wang - Experts Dont Know Everything: Governance Issues Associated with Transport and Disadvantage (PDF)
Andrew Wear
Theme E: Analytical and institutional methods and framework
Chairs: Professor James Odeck and David Bray
- The Impact of Geographic Location on the Utility Derived from Real-Time Public Transport Information (PDF)
Brian Caulfield and Margaret OMahony - Optimal Bus Dispatching Policy Under Variable Demand Over Time and Route Length (PDF)
Amal S. Kumarage, H.A.C. Perer and M.D.R.P. Jayaratne - 4Ds of Taxi Fares: A Behavioural Model for the ICT Age (PDF)
P Mahalingam and M V Supriya - Network Design for Public Transport Success Theory and Examples (PDF)
Gustav Nielsen and Truls Lange - How Efficient are Ferries in Providing Public Transport Services? The Case of Norway (PDF)
James Odeck and Svein Brthen - Electronic Ticketing System: Implementation Process (PDF)
Sylvia Cotias Vasconcellos and Felipe Freire da Costa - Study on the Demand Forecast Method for the Inter-urban Public Transport under the High-speed Railways in Shanghai-nanjing Corridor (PDF)
Rong Zhang and Wu Xiao-lei
Thredbo 9
Workshop A: Design and Innovation of Competitive PT to foster patronage
Chair: lvaro Costa
- Market Analysis of Passenger Vans in Bangkok
Supaporn Kaewko Leopairojna and Shinya Hanaoka
Thredbo 9 Book - Network Planning for High Quality Public Transport
Corinne Mulley, John D Nelson and Gustav Nielsen
Thredbo 9 Book - How has Quality Incentives in Stockholm Bus Services Worked? A Pilot Study (PDF)
Kjell Jansson, Roger Pyddoke - Designing Public Transport to Foster Patronage and Social Inclusion (PDF)
Janet Stanley, John Stanley and Stephen Lucas - Improving the Urban Public Transport in Developing Countries: The Design of a New Integrated System in Santiago de Chile (PDF)
Antonio Gschwender - Joint Development Feasibility of a Greening Transport Alternative (PDF)
Jorge A. Martins, Milena Bodmer and Izabella K. Lentino - Integrated Public Transport in Prague (PDF)
Bedrich Duchon, Zdenek Dosek, and Milena Bodmer - Affordability of Urban Public Transport (PDF)
Robin Carruthers and Slobodan Mitric - Perception of Potential Partners for Car Withdrawal from Urban Transport (PDF)
Jorge A. Martins, Milena Bodmer and Simone Costa Rodrigues da Silva - The Effects of Major Toll-Road Financed Investments in Private and Public Transport Infrastructure on Public Transport (PDF)
Nils Fearnley - Integration as a Competitiveness Instrument for Public Transport in Rural Areas (PDF)
Helder Cristvo and Jos Manuel Viegas - Threats and Opportunities for High Speed Rail Transport in Competition with the Low-Cost Air Operators (PDF)
Carles Casas Esplugas, Paulo Fonseca Teixeira, Andrs Lpez-Pita and Adrina Bachiller Sana - Rail Urban Projects: A Way for Improving Public Transport Patronage (PDF)
Roco Cascajo and Andrs Monzon - Line Bundling - A Scientific Method to Generate Line Bundles
Jrgen Kaiser, Irene Burger
Thredbo 9 Book - The Financial Realities of Leasing Trains: The British Experience
Jean Shaoul
Thredbo 9 Book - Using Geographic Information System (GIS) Doing CBA on New Bus-Route Systems - an Empirical Example of the City of Linkping (PDF)
Anders Ljungberg - Relationship Marketing in Urban Public Transport: A New Approach for Building Competitive Advantages (PDF)
Miguel Carmona - Bus Transport System Optimization and Pricing
Jan Owen Jansson
Thredbo 9 Book - Optimal Bus Transport Financing Taking Due Account of the Fare Collection Costs: A CBA Based on Empirical Data
Anders Ljungberg
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Workshop B: Contract design and implementation issues - Creating and maintaining missing partnerships
Chair: John Stanley
- Evaluation of Tendering Public Transport in The Netherlands (PDF)
Arnoud Mouwen - Tactical Level Partnerships: Legal Perspective and Challenges
Kerry C. H. Duncan
Thredbo 9 Book - Spatial Alliances of Public Transit Operators: Establishing Operator Preferences for Area Management Contracts with Government
David A. Hensher and Louise Knowles
Thredbo 9 Book - Consideration of Quality Criteria when Awarding Bus Traffic Contracts (PDF)
Marja Rosenberg, Pirkko Ermets and sa Krook - Ownership, Contractual Practices and Technical Efficiency: the Case of Urban Public Transport in France (PDF)
William Roy and Anne Yvrande-Billon - Quality Tendering and Contracting Service Design Comparing the Dutch and Norwegian initiatives (PDF)
Brd Norheim and Frode Longva - Competitive Tendering Contracts: Why is Norway Lagging Behind? (PDF)
Trine Hagen and Frode Longva - The Attribution Process of Delegation Contracts in the French Urban Public Transport Sector: Why is Competitive Tendering a Myth?
Anne Yvrande-Billon
Thredbo 9 Book - "Organizing Trust" - On the Institutional Underpinning and Erosion of Trust in Different Organizational Forms in Public Transport
Frode Longva and Oddgeir Osland
Thredbo 9 Book - The Evolution of Tactical Tendering in The Netherlands (PDF)
Didier van de Velde, Pieter Hilferink and Lars Lutje Schipholt - Competitive Tendering for Urban Bus Services - Cost Impacts: International Experience and Issues
Ian P Wallis and, David A. Hensher
Thredbo 9 Book
Workshop C: Key performance indicators and data for monitoring and auditing
Chair: John Preston
- Development of an Indicators System for Quality Management of the Interstate and International Coach Transportation Service in Brazil
Marcos T. Q. Magalhes, Yaeko Yamashita, George L. Texeira and Lus G. P. L. Carneiro
Thredbo 9 Book - Public Transport Performance, Organization and Management Decisions (PDF)
lvaro Costa and Teresa Stanislau - Efficient Pricing of Urban Public Transport with Budget Constraints (PDF)
Nils Fearnley - The Price of Rail Infrastructure - Methods for Determining the Value of Railway Lines and Networks
Anselm Ott
Thredbo 9 Book - Estimation and Implementation of Optimal Performance-Based Subsidies in Norwegian Intercity Rail Transport
Nils Fearnley
Thredbo 9 Book - Bus Transport in Buenos Aires. Paradoxical Experiences After 10 Years of Revision (PDF)
Andrea Gutierrez - A Comparative Study of the Quality of Services of Public Transportation in the City of Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil (PDF)
Patricia Duarte and Daniel de Souza - Some Thoughts on Service Quality Measurement - the STCP Case Study (PDF)
lvaro Costa, Sofia Pinto and Jorge Freire de Sousa - Incorporating Qualitative Elements in the Assessment of Railway Performance Service Provision Outputs in Swiss Independent Railways
Jonathan Cowie
Thredbo 9 Book - Parameters for Defining and Inspecting Adequate Public Road Transport Passenger Services in Brazil: Verification of the Juridical Scope and Bidding/Contracts to Date (PDF)
Adolfo Luiz Souza de S, Ansio Brasileiro and Joaquim Aragão - Closing the Loop: Feeding Back Operational Performance Indicators into Supply Planning and Quality Control
Klaus Nkel and Karin Schweiger
Thredbo 9 Book
Workshop D: Competition, Regulatory Change and Ownership
Chair: Didier van de Velde
- Changes in the Regulatory and Organisational Frameworks in Local Public Transport in Brazilian Cities
Alexandre de vila Gomide
Thredbo 9 Book - The Need for Regulatory and Ownership Change in the Road Passenger Sector - the Cases of Barbados and Sri Lanka (PDF)
David Greenwood and C. C. Roberts - Transition from PublicMmonopoly to Controlled Competition in a Post-Socialist Economy - Experience in the Republic of Kazakhstan
Brendan Finn
Thredbo 9 Book - Regulation of the Interurban Coach Services in Brazil (PDF)
Alexandre de vila Gomide and Francisco Giusepe Donato Martins - The Privatization Process of the Subway and the Suburban Train Systems in Rio de Janeiro: Contractual and Integration Aspects (PDF)
Carlos Alceu Rodrigues and Carlos Contreras-Montoya - Local Railways Tenders in Italy: The Impossible Competition (PDF)
Ferdinando Stanta and Maurizio Galli - Brazilian Interstate Passenger Transportation Industry: Concentration and Returns (PDF)
Carlos Henrique Rocha, Francisco Giusepe Donato Martins and Taylor Montedo Machado - Adaptative Approaches for the Improvement of Public Transport in Latin American Cities
Joaquim Aragão and Regina Witter
Thredbo 9 Book - Paratransit Regulation in Rio de Janeiro: A Comparison of Two Surveys (PDF)
Carolina Gonalves Pereira, Ayres Miranda de Arajo, Marilita Gnecco de Camargo Braga and Ronaldo Balassiano - Rail Transport and Competition Policy - National Rail undertakings after the GVG/FS Case (PDF)
Achim Putz - Reforming Russian Railways: Introduction of Competition and New Regulatory Challenges
Andrei Dementiev
Thredbo 9 Book - Inter-Modal Competition in the Brazilian Interstate Travel Market (PDF)
Frederico Arajo Turolla, Moiss Diniz Vassallo, Alessandro Vincius Marques de Oliveira - Fifteen Years of Competition in Local Public Transport, Stockholm, Sweden (PDF)
Lars Nordstrand - Optimal Pricing and Financing of Public Transport Under Competition
Kjell Jansson and Harald Lang - Passenger Land Transport in Portugal: Improving Competition by Legislative Reform (PDF)
Jos Lus Moreira da Silva, Ana Pereira de Miranda and Ana Sofia Firmino - Regulation and Administrative Provisions Regarding Italian Railway (PDF)
Stefano Impastato and Mario Vivaldi - Regulation of Alternative Transport in Brazil - An Assessment Of Bus/Minibus Integration in Recife (PDF)
Taciana Ferreira, Ansio Brasileiro and Rmulo Dante Orrico Filho - Consequences of On-Track Competition in Railways by Use of Simulations (PDF)
Kjell Jansson, Roger Pyddoke - Experiences with Regulatory Changes in the Taxi Industry (PDF)
Jon-Terje Bekken - Efficiency and Regulation in the Taxi Industry - Implications of Waiting Time
Odd I. Larsen and Jon-Terje Bekken
Thredbo 9 Book - Railway Regulation in Portugal: Lessons from Experience (PDF)
Maurcio Levy, Antnio Guimares Silva, Raul Vilaa Moura
Workshop E: Institutional configuration and framework as a driver for system performance
Chair: Chris Nash
- How Regional Authorities Improve Public Transport Governance
Wijnand Veeneman
Thredbo 9 Book - The Inner Organization of Artisanal Public Transport Operators in Goiania, Brazil (PDF)
Renato Guimares Ribeiro, Rmulo Dante Orrico Filho, Karla Fabiana C. Frana Barboza and Enilson Medeiros dos Santos - The Decision Process in Launching a New Corporate Image - STCP Case Study
Carlos Coelho - Japanese Experiences with Public and Private Sectors in Urban Railways (PDF)
Kenichi Shoji - Transport Regulatory Agencies and Civil Law Tradition in Latin America: Some Issues From Recent Brazilian Experience
Romulo Dante Orrico Filho, Ansio Brasileiro, Oswaldo Lima Neto and Jos Eduardo Albanese
Thredbo 9 Book - Swedish Railways: An Assessment of Past Reforms and Options for the Future
Gunnar Alexandersson and Staffan Hultn
Thredbo 9 Book - Strategic Alliances of Small and Medium Entrepreneurs, a Challenge for the Collective Modernization of Transport in the City of Bogota (PDF)
Fernando Casas Celis - Estimating the Benefits of Regulating Informal Transit Services in Brazil
Aaron Golub Ronaldo Balassiano, Ayres Arajo and Eric Ferreira
Thredbo 9 Book - Institutional Arrangements in Berlin Public Transport: A Success Story in Innovation
Ralf Resch, Julien Dehornoy - Encouraging Results of Tendering in Dutch Public Transport (PDF)
Arjen Stoelinga and Guy Hermans - Vertical Separation, Disputes Resolution and Competition in Railway Industry (PDF)
Dominique Bouf, Yves Crozet and Julien Lvque - Strategic Pricing by Oligopolists in Public Tenders of Passenger Railways Services (PDF)
Gunnar Alexandersson and Staffan Hulten - New Concessions of Urban Railway Systems in Spain (PDF)
Clara Zamorano Martin and Julin Sastre Gonzlez - Conceiving Competitive Arrangements for Public Transport (PDF)
Jorge A. Martins and Milena Bodmer - The Methodology for the Creation of an Administration ModelfFor Low Capacity Public Means of Transportation Administered by Cooperatives (PDF)
Patrcia Bassalo Menezes and Adelaida Pallavicini Fonseca - Direct and Delegated Management in Provincial Urban Public Transport in France in 2003 - Using the Urban Public Transport Database (PDF)
Thierry Gouin
Workshop F: Policy Evolution and decision making process
Chair: David Bray
- The Implementation of Brazil Sustainable Urban Mobility Policy (PDF)
Jos Carlos Xavier and Renato Boareto - Improving the Decision Making Process in Urban Transport Planning
Mara Eugenia Lpez-Lambas, Andrs Monzn
Thredbo 9 Book - Trends And Driving Forces In Norwegian Urban Public Transport (PDF)
Nils Fearnley - Metropolitan Mobility in Spain - Are We Tending Towards Sustainability? (PDF)
A. Pardeiro-Pertega, P. J. Prez-Martnez and M. Mateos-Arribas - Public Transport System in Greece: Current Situation and Future Challenges
Christos Taxiltaris and Maria Spandou
Thredbo 9 Book - Overview of Public Transport Policy Developments in the Commuter Bus Industry in South Africa
Jackie Walters
Thredbo 9 Book - Public Transport and Urban Poverty: A Synthetic Index of Adequate Service
Alexandre Gomide, Sabina Leite and Jorge Rebelo
Thredbo 9 Book - Performance of the High Speed Rail in Spain in the Context of the New Regulation Framework. Evidence from the Madrid-Seville HSR Corridor (PDF)
P. J. Prez-Martinez and E. Lpez-Surez - What Have the Countries of Eastern Europe to Learn from Experiences in Reforming Regulation and Control of Land Transport in Western Europe?
Austin Smyth
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Thredbo 8
Plenary Papers
- The Road to Rio: A Brief History of the International Conferences on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport
John Preston
Thredbo 8 Book - Regulation and Competition in the European Land Transport Industry: Some Recent Evolutions (PDF)
Didier Van de Velde - Recent Evolution in the Bus and Coach Industry in Australia and in its Economic Fundamentals
Stephen Lucas
Thredbo 8 Book - Rail Regulation and Control in Britain Where Next?
Christopher Nash
Thredbo 8 Book - Competitive Participation in U.S. Public Transport: Special Interests Versus the Public Interest (PDF)
Wendell Cox - Institutional Frameworks, the Regulatory Agencies and the Land Passenger Transport Industry: Recent Evolutions
Rosário Macário
Thredbo 8 Book - Selected Issues in Competition and Ownership in Public Bus Transport Operations in South Africa,
Jackie Walters
Thredbo 8 Book - Land Passenger Transport in the Developing World and the World Bank Policy: Recent Evolutions
Kenneth Gwilliam
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Workshop A: Performance Based Contracts In Public Transportation
Chairs: David A. Hensher and Erne Houghton
- Experiences with Quality Contracts in Public Transport in Norway
Berge, D.M., Brathen, S., Hauge, O. and Ohr, F
Thredbo 8 Book - Implementing Performance-Based Quality Contracts in the Bus Sector: Growing Patronage and Post-Transitional Arrangements
Hensher, D.A. and Houghton, E.
Thredbo 8 Book - Tendering Problems of Suburban Rail Systems (PDF)
Jurgen Klarmann - Determining Optimal Bus Service Provision; Recent Evidence from Great Britain
John Preston, Biao Huang and Gerard Whelan
Thredbo 8 Book - Performance Based Contracts in Public Transportation: The Melbourne Experience
John Stanley and David A Hensher
Thredbo 8 Book - First Experience with Tendering at the Tactical Level (Service Design) in Dutch Public Transport
Didier Van de Velde and Eik Pruijmboom
Thredbo 8 Book - Patronage Incentives in Urban Public Transport Contracts Appraisal of Practice and Experience to Date
Ian P Wallis
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Workshop B: Competition and Regulation
Chairs: Chris Nash and Jackie Walters
- Competition or Complementarity: Regulatory Options for Urban Road Transport in Brazilian Cities.
Enilson Medeiros dos Santos, Karla Fabiana de Franca Barboza, and Romulo Dante Orrico Filho R
Thredbo 8 Book - Multimodality as a Strategy for Effectiveness and Competitiveness of Passenger Transportation for The Metropolitan Area of Rio De Janeiro. (PDF)
Jorge Antnio Martins, Milena Bodmer - The Local Railway Reform in Lombardy: Paving the Way to Competition.
Ferdinando Stanta
Thredbo 8 Book - How to Introduce Competition in Chinese Railways?
Zhang Rong, Dominique Bouf
Thredbo 8 Book - Competition in Dutch Public Transport.
Guy Hermans and Arjen Stoelinga
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Workshop C: Regulatory and Planning Tools
Chairs: Joaquim Aragão and Michele Molinari
- Demand and Supply of Public Transport A Study of Cause and Effect
Johan Holmgren
Thredbo 8 Book - Transit and Paratransit Competition: A Tool for Predicting the Passengers Response to Price Competition
Hilba Soares Reis and Joaquim Jos Guilherme de Aragão
Thredbo 8 Book - Where is the Demand of Public Transportation?
Andrea Gutierrez
Thredbo 8 Book - Building up a KM Concept for a PPP Policy for the Public Transport Sector: The Role of Knowledge Maps and of Critical Success Factors Analysis.
Joaquim Jos Guilherme de Aragão and Enilson Medeiros dos Santos
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Workshop D: Institutional Frameworks
Chairs: Rosário Macário and Kjell Jansson
- A Functional Model for an Urban Passenger Transport Authority
Brendan Finn and John Nelson
Thredbo 8 Book - Informal Public Transport: The Pioneering Solution of the Ribeirao Preto, Brazil - The Leva E Traz Project
Renato Boareto
Thredbo 8 Book - Introducing Market Forces in Public Services in Transport in an Enlarged Europe (PDF)
Arthur Gleijm - Legal Issues Surrounding Public Private Partnerships (PPP) in Transport Projects (PDF)
Ricardo Marar, Marco Lemgruger, Joaquim Jose Guilherme de Aragão - Optimal Pricing and Financing of Rail Passenger Services (PDF)
Kjell Jansson - The Reform of Local Public Transport in Italy: The Roman Case
Edoardo Marcucci and Luca Avarello
Thredbo 8 Book - Regionalization of Passenger Regional Railway Transport: Experiences from France and Italy
Laurent Guihry and Claudia Burlando
Thredbo 8 Book
Workshop E: Service Quality and Pricing
Chair: Neil Smith
- Public Transport, the Comprehensive Approach of Lamely, The Netherlands (PDF)
Hulleman, RAP - The People and Customer Effects of Bus Reforms in South Africa (PDF)
Louis Naude - Transport Service Quality and Social Responsibility Through the Relationship Marketing
Milena Bodmer and Jorge Antnio Martins
Thredbo 8 Book
Workshop F: Performance Measure and Data
Chair: Didier van de Velde
- Technical Efficiency versus Technical Change - the British Passenger Train Operators
Jonathon Cowie
Thredbo 8 Book - Performance Measures in Urban Passenger Transport: The Texas Governor's Business Council Process
Wendell Cox
Thredbo 8 Book - Bidding Results for Brazilian Urban Bus Systems: The case of Belo Horizonte
Alexandre de vila Gomide
Thredbo 8 Book - The impacts of Intercity Coach Deregulation Impacts in Argentina (PDF)
Alberto Muller - Measuring Technical Efficiency in North and South American Railways using a Stochastic Frontier Model: an International Comparison
Cesar Rivera-Trujillo
Thredbo 8 Book - Is The Current Ownership Structure of the British Bus Industry Capable of Meeting Public Policy Objectives?
Charles Roberts
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Thredbo 7
- Overview presentation by David Hensher (Executive Chair, Thredbo Series)
- Regulation Policy in Land Passenger Transportation in Europe: (PDF)
John Preston - Regulation and Competition in Rail transport - Developments in Great Britain:
Chris Nash - An Independent Review of Rail Privatisation in Britain: (PDF)
Peter White - TRESIS: A Transportation, Land Use and Environmental Strategy Impact Simulator for Urban Areas: (PDF)
David Hensher - Efficient modal split: (PDF)
Jan Owen Jansson
Workshop A: Competitive Tendering of Public Transport
Chair: John Preston
- Competition in Urban Public Transport: A World View (PDF)
Wendell Cox and Brice Duthion - Competitive Tendering and Deregulation a Comparison of Bus Markets in London and the British Metropolitan Areas (PDF)
Bryan Matthews, Abigail Bristow, and Chris Nash - Competitive Tendering for Bus Service: The Improved Adelaide Model (PDF)
Ian Wallis and David Bray - JM: Modelling Quality Bus Partnerships (PDF)
J Toner, GA Whelan, PJ Mackie, and John Preston - An Evaluation of Competitive Tendering in the Ferry Sector in Norway (PDF)
Arild Hervik, and Øyvind Sunde
Workshop B: Competition and Regulation of Public Transport
Chair: Chris Nash
- Regulation Interstate Passenger Transport by Means of Independent Agencies: Challenges to the Institutional Development of Transport in Brazil (PDF)
Anisio Brasileiro, Enilson Santos, and Joaquim Aragão - Regulation, Competition and Technical Efficiency in Public Bus Transport: Case of the Metropolitan Area of San Jos, Costa Rica (PDF)
Contreras-Montoya, Enilson Carlos Santos, and Rmulo Orrico Filho - The Urban Public Transport Crisis in Brazil: Two Regulatory Reform Strategies and Some Questions to the World Bank (PDF)
Joaqium Jos Guilherme de Arago, Enilson Medeiros dos Santos, and Aniso Brasileiro de Freitas Dourado - Mode Shift to Airport Arlanda for Sustainable Development (PDF)
Kjell Jansson - The Feasibility of the Road and Park Pricing to Supportthe Transport Policies (PDF)
Ferdinando Stanta, Jens Schade, and Bernhard Schlag - Equality in Public Transport Competition: Game-Theoretic Framework for Bus and Taxi Entrepreneurs in Finland (PDF)
Marko Nokkala - Pricing and Financing of the Railway in Competitive Environment (PDF)
Kjell Jansson - Public Transport by Vans: Facts, Meaning and Perspectives of its Presence in Brazilian Cities (PDF)
Ramos Santos, Enilson, Rubens and Romulo Orrico Filho
Workshop C: Ownership and Organisation of PT and Infrastructure
Chair: David Hensher
- Subsidy and Productivity in the Privatised UK Passenger Rail (PDF)
Jonathan Cowie - The Relative Efficiency of Public and Private Bus Companies (PDF)
James Odeck and Øyvind Sunde - An Examination of Efficiency Level Variations for Bus Services (PDF)
Torben Holvad - Cross-modal Ownership in Passenger Transport - the British Experience since 1985 (PDF)
Charles Roberts - Managing and Assessing Regulatory Evaluation in Local Public Transport Operations in Europe (PDF)
Rosário Macário - Local Passenger Transport Organisation in France: a New Deal?
Pascal Vincent - The Productivity Growth in Norwegia Ferry Links 1988-1996, and Implications for Regulation (PDF)
Harald Minken and Marit Killi - Diversification Strategy of the Minor Private Rail Companies in Japan (PDF)
K Shoji - The Role of Decision Support Systems (DDS) in Transportation Planning: the Experience of the Lombardy Region (PDF)
Michaela Burla, Eliot Laniado, Fosca, Romani and Paola Tagliavini
Workshop D: Funding of Public Transport and Infrastructure
Chair: Gordon Mills
- Designing Incentive Schemes for Public Transport Operators in Hordaland County, Norway (PDF)
Odd I Larsen - Incentive Contracts in Norwegian Local public Transport (PDF)
Erik Carlquist - Economic Incentives to Increase Public Transport Patronage the Theory and the Practice (PDF)
Ian Wallis - A Tale of Seven Cities: Subsidy Reductions in Norwegian public Transport (PDF)
Nils Fearnley and Erik Carlquist - Designing Financing Schemes for Urban Transport (PDF)
Bryan Matthews and Chris Nash - The Disability discrimination Act and Developments in Accessible Public Transport in the UK (PDF)
Bryan Matthews - A Cost-Benefit Approach to Disables Universal Access to Public Transport (PDF)
Lage Lyche and Arild Hervik - A Cost-Benefit Approach to Public Transport Priority to Road access (PDF)
Snorre Laegran
Workshop E: Management of Public Transport Systems
Chair: Arild Hervik
- Towards Innovation in Public Transport Tendering in the Netherlands (PDF)
Didier Van de Velde and R Leijenaar - The Evolution of Organisational Forms in European Public Transport (PDF)
Didier Van de Velde - Satellite Monitoring of Public Transport (PDF)
Chris Stretch - Creation of Express Bus Services to Improve Competitive Edge for Public Transport in Mre og
Romsdal County. (PDF)
Frode Ohr and Olav Hauge - Use and Efficiency of Public Transport: the Effects of Price and Service Measure (PDF)
Marc Witbreuk and Leo de Jong
Thredbo 6
- A Strategic Review of Public Transport User Needs in the Cape Metropolitan Area (PDF)
Peter Clark and Wilfred Crous - Public Transport in the Developing World Quo Vadis? (PDF)
Ken Gwilliam - An Overview of Public Transport in the United Kingdom and Forecasts for the New Millennium (PDF)
John Preston - Developments in Rail Policy in the EU (PDF)
Chris Nash
Theme 1
- Competitive Tendering of Railway Services in Sweden Extent and Effects 1989-1999 (PDF)
G. Alexandersson and S. Hulten - Buses and Vans - Assessing Public Transport Competition in Rio de Janeiro Brazil (PDF)
Ronaldo Balassiano and Marilita G.C. Braga - Slow Progress Towards Bus Competition in the European Union (PDF)
Doug Crockford - Designing Competition in Urban Bus Passenger Transport Lessons from Uzbekistan (PDF)
Kenneth M. Gwilliam, Richard T. Meakin and Ajay Kumar - Experimental Tendering: An Analysis of Experiences from the Road/Ferry Sector in Norway (PDF)
Olav Hauge - Opening up the Pandora Box of Deregulation - the Deregulation Process of the Swedish Railway System (PDF)
Staffan Hulten - Contractual Form and Performance in the Norwegian Bus Industry 1986-96 (PDF)
Kjell Werner Johansen - A Scheme to Improve the Effectiveness of the Bus Services in Lombardy Through Tenders (PDF)
Eliot Laniado, Ferdinando Stanta and Paola Tagliavini - Contractualisation Competition Regulation - Three Guidelines for Improved Efficiency in Urban Public Transport (PDF)
C. Barbieux - Standing in the Shadow of the Giants - Conditions for Entry and Survival of Small Businesses on the Deregulated Bus and Railway Markets in Sweden (PDF)
Lena Nordenlw and Gunnar Alexandersson - Competitive Pressure as an Alternative to Competitive Tendering? The Development of a Performance Contract in Oslo (PDF)
Brd Norheim - Tendering Ferry Services in Norway: Ratchet Effects? (PDF)
Øyvind Sunde - Risk and Management Factors: Participation Options for Small and Medium Sized Bus Transport Operators in the Tendering for Contract System in South Africa (PDF)
J. Walters - The "SAPIN" Legislation and its Effects on Tendering and Competition in Public Transport in France (PDF)
Brice Duthion, Pascal Vincent and Jean Claude Ziv
Theme 2
- Pricing and Financing of the Railway in a Competitive Environment (PDF)
Kjell Jansson - Matching Funding to Outcomes: Incentive Based Contracts for Passenger Transport (PDF)
Barry Mein - The Financing of Land Transport in South Africa (PDF)
A. Nothagel, R.A. Stanway, R. Mirrilees and J.W.M. Cameron - The Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink) An Innovation in Transportation Governance and Funding (PDF)
George Puil - Public-private Partnership in Building Public Transport Lines with Right of Way in France: A New Start? (PDF)
Patricia Varnaison Revolle - A Holistic Financing Strategy for Transport in South Africa (PDF)
E. van der Merwe, J.W.M. Cammeron, A.J. Papenfus, O.A.W. van Zyl and J.C. Vorster - Private Financing of Infrastructure: An Application to Public Transport Infrastructure (PDF)
Olivier Debande - Funding of Public Passenger Transport in Developing Countries - A Case of India (PDF)
Sharad D. Kulkarni - Study on Fund Raising Means for Chinas Railways (PDF)
Wu Weiping and Wu Xiaoming - Modalities of a Public Private Partnership in Implementation of Delhis Mass Rapid Transit System (PDF)
Sushil Verma
Theme 3
- Design of Passenger Interchanges (PDF)
Enzo Coccia, Paolo Delle Site, Francesco Filippi, Marco Lemessi and Antonio Mallamo - The Transport-Ticket System in Brazil for Urban Public Transport (PDF)
Mrio Jorge C. Lima and Srgio Faria - Quality Bus Partnerships Implications for Market Performance (PDF)
Peter Mackie - How to Achieve Acceptance by Considering User Needs in Public Transport (PDF)
Ralf Risser - Impacts of the Cairo Metro (PDF)
A-G Bahgat, F. El-Tony, R. El-Mahdi, E. Boshra, K. Abbas, A. Fattah, O. Al-Keelany and P.R.White - The Struggle for Regulatory and Economic Sphere of Influence in the Matatu Means of Transport in Kenya: A Stakeholder Analysis (PDF)
Meleckidzedeck Khayesi
Theme 4. User needs and impacts on public transport systems. User requirements for a well integrated/seamless multi modal public transport system.
- Integration Between Bus and Light Rapid Transit on Midland Metro Line 1 (PDF)
Paul Truelove - Public Transport Route Optimisation Methodology in South Africa (PDF)
N.J.W. van Zyl, P.G. Prins, R.V. Bowman and M.J. Vermeulen - The Brazilian Urban Bus Industry: Present Challenges and Future Perspectives (PDF)
Joaquim Jos Guilherme de Aragão and Ansio Brasileiro - Evaluating Urban Buses Performance: A Comparative Analysis of Brazilian Methodologies (PDF)
Enilson Santos and Rmulo Orrico - Regulated Monopolies in Urban Public Transport Can we Design Proper Regulations and Incentives? (PDF)
Odd I. Larsen - Benchmarking of Mobility Networks Performances: Competitive Threat or Cooperative Tool? (PDF)
Yves Mathieu and Claire Plantie - Franchise A Live and Let Live Option for Public Transport Undertakings in India (PDF)
S.K. Mathur - Increasing Public Transport Market Share in South Africa: The Options (PDF)
M.A.M. Mashiri, P.N. Moeketsi and V. Baloyi - Revitalising European Railways: A Comparative Assessment of the Emerging Models (PDF)
Eric Monami - The Advent of Transport Authorities in South Africa (PDF)
A. Nothagel, D. Campbell and R.A. Stanway - Urban Bus Transport Regulation in Buenos Aires (PDF)
Patricia Brennan and Alicia Ribera - The Economics and Politics of Contracting Out with the Private Sector: Evidence from the US Transit Industry (PDF)
Binyam Reja - MISTRAL: An Information System for Local Public Transport Services in Lombardy (PDF)
Elena Foresti, Eliot Laniado and Giorgio Stagni - Determination of Urban Transport Policy in Indonesia (PDF)
Sutanto Soehodho - The Role of IT&S (Information Technology and Systems) in the Transport Arena (PDF)
Ernst Swanepoel
Theme 5. Ownership and Organisation of Public Transport and Infrastructure
- Appraisal of Non-commercial Passenger Rail Services in Britain (PDF)
Gordon Mills and Martin Howe - Urban Transportation at State and Local Government Levels (PDF)
S.I. Oni - Getting Back On-Track or Going Off the Rails? An Assessment of Ownership and Organisational Reform of Railways in Western Europe (PDF)
Jeremy Shires and John Preston - Ownership and Competition are Key Considerations in Rail Performance Improvements - A South African Perspective (PDF)
Andries J. van der Walt - Minibus Operations along Lomagundi Road, Harare (PDF)
Liliana Djifarova-Vassileva - Countermeasures Taken by China Railway in the Competition of Transportation Market (PDF)
Yu Yan - The Competition of Passenger Transport and the Increase of Passenger Train Speed in China: A Review and Prospects (PDF)
Haipei Zhao and Jianhong Wu
Theme 6
- Issues in and Future of Urban Transportation and Traffic Management System in Nigeria (PDF)
S.I. Oni - Public Transport Fare Subsidies for Children and the Elderly in Developing Countries (PDF)
Douglas O. A. Osula - Overview of Public Transport in Canada and the United States (PDF)
Wendell Cox - US Competitive Tendering: Comprehensive Cost Analysis (PDF)
Wendell Cox
Thredbo 5
- Markets, Government and Environmental Policy Issues for Public Transit (PDF)
David Hensher and Michael Beesley
