Submissions from 2023
Planning for Bus Rapid Transit in an island context. The challenges of implementing BRT in Malta, Maria Attard
Re-evaluating roles and relationships between city authorities and informal public transport operators in sub-saharan africa: A comparative analysis of five cities, Timothy Durant, Mamaa Grant Monney, Michael Etonam Johnson, Kwame Kwakwa Osei, Joaquín Romero de Tejada, Herrie Schalekamp, and Ansumana Tarawally
Innovation in stable competitive tendering regimes: An insoluble knot?, Lisa Hansson, Malin Aldenius, Alexander Paulsson, Karin Thoresson, and Birgitta Vitestam
All things must pass? Recent changes to competition and ownership in public transport in Great Britain., John Preston
Will the latest British reforms to rail passenger service procurement work?, Andrew S.J. Smith and Chris A. Nash
Submissions from 2022
European railway deregulation: an overview of market organization and capacity allocation, Abderrahman Ait Ali and Jonas Eliasson
Optimal pricing for ferry services with a new entrant: a game-theoretic perspective, Huibing Cheng, Su Xiu Xu, George Q. Huang, Saijun Shao, and Gangyan Xu
Is it time for a new bus contract procurement model under a zero emissions bus setting?, David A. Hensher
Effects of open access competition on prices and frequencies on the interurban railway market: Evidence from Europe, Florent Laroche and Ayana Lamatkhanova
Efficient and stable data-sharing in a public transit oligopoly as a coopetitive game, Qi Liu and Joseph Y.J. Chow
Conditions for effective on-track competition in the European passenger railway market: A yardstick for regulations, Bojan Ristić, Nikola Stojadinović, and Dejan Trifunović
Submissions from 2021
The case for negotiated contracts under the transition to a green bus fleet, David A. Hensher
Competition between shared autonomous vehicles and public transit: A case study in Singapore, Baichuan Mo, Zhejing Cao, Hongmou Zhang, Yu Shen, and Jinhua Zhao
The impact of competitive tendering on operational costs and market concentration in public transport: The Norwegian car ferry services, James Odeck and Harald Høyem
Submissions from 2020
Hybrid markets in public transport – contract design, performance and conflicts, Gunnar Alexandersson, Staffan Hultén, and Juan J. Jardón
Why do paratransit operators resist participation in bus rapid transit? Case evidence from Bogota, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Lagos, Emmanuel Theodore Asimeng and Dirk Heinrichs
The impact of delays on the welfare effects of on-track competition: The case of transfer passengers with operator-tied tickets, Christina Brand and Gernot Sieg
Flexibility in contract design - is that possible?, Carolina Camén, Panagiota Tsaxiri, Malin Aldenius, and Helene Lidestam
A theory of deregulation in public transport, Andrei Dementiev and Hyen Jin Han
Reforming Public Transport Planning and Delivery, International Transport Forum
Public transport procurement in Britain, Chris Nash and Andrew Smith
Public Transport tendering and contracting arrangements in countries under regulatory transition: The case of Cyprus, Panagiotis Papaioannou, Georgios Georgiadis, Anastasia Nikolaidou, and Ioannis Politis
Workshop 1 report: Models of mainstream public transport provision, John Preston and Jackie Walters
Public bus service contracting: A critical review and future research opportunities, Dian Sheng and Qiang Meng
Workshop 2 report: Practical considerations in implementing different institutional regimes, Didier van de Velde and Gunnar Alexandersson
The Distance Factor in Swedish Bus Contracts How far are operators willing to go?, Andreas Vigren
Understanding bidder behaviour: The case of the Mamelodi contract, Jackie Walters
The coming disruption – The rise of mobility as a service and the implications for government, Anna Wilson and Ben Mason
Integrated transport management: Lessons from a Chinese city, Wei Yang, Wijnand Veeneman, Martin de Jong, and Yun Song
Submissions from 2019
Cost, quality and scope of service: The case of the Israeli public bus sector, Yoram Ida, Joseph Berechman, and Sigal Levy
“Three Ps in a MOD:” Role for mobility on demand (MOD) public-private partnerships in public transit provision, Emma Lucken, Karen Trapenberg Frick, and Susan A. Shaheen
How to liberalise rail passenger services? Lessons from european experience, Chris Nash, Andrew Smith, Yves Crozet, Heike Link, and Jan-Eric Nilsson
US Commuter Rail Renaissance: A 30-Year Progress Report, David O. Nelson and Katherine K. O'Neil
Submissions from 2018
20 years of competitive tendering in the Norwegian bus industry – An analysis of bidders and winning bids, Jørgen Aarhaug, Nils Fearnley, Fredrik A. Gregersen, and Robert Bjørnøy Norseng
Transaction cost economics of procurement models in public transport: An institutional perspective, Fatih Canıtez and Dilay Çelebi
The role of bus partnerships in Great Britain, John Godfrey and John Taylor
Commercial services in German local public transport, Astrid Karl
Evaluation of cost drivers within public bus transports in Sweden, Helene Lidestam, Carolina Camén, and Björn Lidestam
Institutional preparedness to bus tendering in the context of a fragmented liberalized market: Case study of Harare, Zimbabwe, Tatenda Mbara and Smart Dumba
Trade-offs between transaction cost, operation cost and innovation in the context of procurement and asset specificity – The example of the bus industry, R. Merkert, C. Mulley, and M. M. Hakim
Changing roles and new perspectives: towards market orientation in public transport, Sofia Molander
Local public transport in Russia: Regulation, ownership and competition, Alexander Ryzhkov
Do direct awards lead to better public transport?, Christoph Schaaffkamp
How many want to drive the bus? Analyzing the number of bids for public transport bus contracts, Andreas Vigren
Is the mere threat enough? An empirical analysis about competitive tendering as a threat and cost efficiency in public bus transportation, Philipp Wegelin
Submissions from 2017
Assessing standard costs in local public bus transport: A hybrid cost model, Alessandro Avenali, Andrea Boitani, Giuseppe Catalano, Tiziana D’Alfonso, and Giorgio Matteucci
Evaluating the roles and powers of rail regulatory bodies in Europe: A survey-based approach, Valerio Benedetto, Andrew S.J. Smith, and Chris A. Nash
Patterns of entry and exit in the deregulated German interurban bus industry, Niklas S. Dürr and Kai Hüschelrath
Maintaining competition in recurrent procurement contracts: A case study on the London bus market, Elisabetta Iossa and Michael Waterson
Are users better-off with new transit lines?, Moez Kilani, André de Palma, and Stef Proost
Non-discriminatory train dispatching in a rail transport market with multiple competing and collaborative train operating companies, Xiaojie Luan, Francesco Corman, and Lingyun Meng
Optimal bus transit route packaging in a privatized contracting regime, Ashish Nayan and David Z.W. Wang
Cost models for local road transit, Umberto Petruccelli and Salvatore Carleo
Urban bus contractual regimes in small- and medium-sized municipalities: Competitive tendering or negotiation?, Jordi Rosell
Submissions from 2016
To contract or to operate publicly? Observations from the bus service reform transition process in Malta, Thérèse Bajada and Helena Titheridge
Dominating factors contributing to the high(er) costs for public bus transports in Sweden, Carolina Camén and Helene Lidestam
Deregulation, Franchising, Outsourcing, and Corporatisation in Local Public Transport: International experience, Graham Currie
Exploring performance outcomes and regulatory contexts of Light Rail in Australia and the US, Graham Currie and Chris De Gruyter
A theoretical analysis of business models for urban public transport systems, with comparative reference to a Community Franchise involving Individual Line Ownership, David Emerson, Corinne Mulley, and Michiel C.J. Bliemer
Disruption costs in bus contract transitions, David A. Hensher, Chinh Ho, and Corinne M. Mulley
A case for negotiated performance-based contracting rather than competitive tendering in government public transport (bus) service procurement, Peter Kavanagh
Legislating Transit “Coopetition” Privatization and Planning Devolution in Germany, Martha Koch and Gregory L. Newmark
Competitive tendering and cross-shareholding in public passenger transport, Terje Andreas Mathisen
The effect of contract renewal and competitive tendering on public transport costs, subsidies and ridership, Arnoud Mouwen and Jos van Ommeren
Big buses in a small country: The prospects for bus services in Wales, John Preston
Developments in public transport governance in the Netherlands; more recent developments, Wijnand Veeneman
Cost efficiency in Swedish public transport, Andreas Vigren
Demand and service impacts of competition for the market – Australian urban bus case studies, Ian P. Wallis
The impact of alternative governance forms of regional public rail transport on transaction costs. Case evidence from Germany and Switzerland, Philipp Wegelin and Widar von Arx
Urban rail investment and transit-oriented development in Beijing: Can it reach a higher potential?, Jiawen Yang, Jige Quan, Bin Yan, and Canfei He
Submissions from 2015
The looming crisis in French public transit, Dominique Bouf and Bruno Faivre d’Arcier
The impact of market opening on the supply of interregional train services, Oskar Fröidh and Bo-Lennart Nelldal
Regulation of public bus services: The Israeli experience, Yoram Ida and Gal Talit
Data driven improvements in public transport: the Dutch example, Niels van Oort, Daniel Sparing, Ties Brands, and Rob M. P. Goverde
A European Model for Public Transport Authorities in Small and Medium Urban Areas, Steve Wright
Submissions from 2014
“If You're Just a Bus Community … You're Second Tier”: Motivations for Rapid Mass Transit (RMT) Development in Two Mid-sized Cities, Andrew McLellan and Damian Collins
How can customer focus be strengthened in competitive tendering?, Christoph Schaaffkamp
Developments in public transport governance in the Netherlands: A brief history and recent developments, Wijnand Veeneman and Didier van de Velde
The contracting of urban bus services – recent Australian developments, Ian P. Wallis and David J. Bray
Submissions from 2013
User satisfaction and the organization of local public transport: Evidence from European cities, Carlo V. Fiorio, Massimo Florio, and Giovanni Perucca
Does competitive tendering improve customer satisfaction with public transport? A case study for the Netherlands, Arnoud Mouwen and Piet Rietveld
Customer choice patterns in passenger rail competition, Johannes Paha, Dirk Rompf, and Christiane Warnecke
Competition in multi-modal transport networks: A dynamic approach, Adriaan Hendrik van der Weijde, Erik T. Verhoef, and Vincent A.C. van den Berg
Submissions from 2012
Reforming the urban public transport bus system in Malta: Approach and acceptance, Maria Attard
Competition for Public Transport Services, Arne Beck
Private sector involvement in urban rail: Experience and lessons from South East Asia, David Bray and Philip Sayeg
Analyzing the structure of informal transit: The evening commute problem, Celeste Chavis and Carlos F. Daganzo
Four decades of changing transport policy in Santiago, Chile, Oscar Figueroa
Towards a simplified performance-linked value for money model as a reference point for bus contract payments, David A. Hensher, Corinne Mulley, and Neil Smith
Evaluating the long term impacts of transport policy: An initial assessment of bus deregulation, John Preston and Talal Almutairi
Workshop 3A report – Governance, contracting, ownership and competition issues in public transport: Looking up not down, John Stanley and Andrew Smith
‘Regulated deregulation’ of local bus services—An appraisal of international developments, Didier van de Velde and Ian Wallis
How much can public private partnership really do for urban transport in developing countries?, Christopher Willoughby
Joint Development as a Value Capture Strategy in Transportation Finance, Zhirong Jerry Zhao, Kirty Vardhan Das, and Kerstin Larson
Submissions from 2011
Experiences with Competitive Tendering of Bus Services in Germany, Arne Beck
Relationships between fares, trip length and market competition, Derek J. Clark, Finn Jørgensen, and Terje Andreas Mathisen
Modelling open access train services, Martin Prior, James Vickers, and John Segal
Submissions from 2010
Organizational Regimes for Commuter Rail, John G. Allen and Alex Lu
The 2008 New Zealand public transport management act: Rationale, key provisions, and parallels with the United Kingdom, David P. Ashmore and Andrew D. Mellor
