Abstract: Deregulation of buses implies a consideration of one transport mode in isolation from others and from the overall needs of urban areas. British and American economists have advocated privatization to reduce costs, produce service innovations and increase profitability. Absence of regulation in developing countries is given as justification. Bus services have been increasingly coordinated into networks; cities with unregulated transit have taken private companies over to introduce high capacity bus and rail systems and improve service quality. The goal must be to offer public transit competitive with the private automobile. British and US governments have adopted the dogma that private organizations are more desirable than public. Transport and urban form must be considered together as must also public and private transport. The author states that deregulation will not enhance efficiency automatically and that privatization will not inherently produce the services patrons desire. It is concluded that Great Britain's will not be the first deregulation but that it may well be the first to go from civilized, reliable bus/rail systems to primitive disintegrated transit services.
Publication Year: 1986
Publication Date: 1986-05-01
Language: en
Type: article
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