Submissions from 2014
Transit Public-Private Partnerships: Legal Issues, Larry W. Thomas
Efficient frontier analysis of Dutch public transport tendering: A first analysis, Wijnand Veeneman, Janneke Wilschut, Thijs Urlings, Jos Blank, and Didier van de Velde
The contracting of urban bus services – recent Australian developments, Ian P. Wallis and David J. Bray
Submissions from 2013
Public–private partnerships in China: A case of the Beijing No.4 Metro line, Zheng Chang
User satisfaction and the organization of local public transport: Evidence from European cities, Carlo V. Fiorio, Massimo Florio, and Giovanni Perucca
Public–private contracting and incentives for public transport: Can anything be learned from the Sydney Metro experience?, Cameron Gordon, Corinne Mulley, Nick Stevens, and Rhonda Daniels
The Relationship between Bus Contract Costs, User Perceived Service Quality and Performance Assessment, David A. Hensher
Does competitive tendering improve customer satisfaction with public transport? A case study for the Netherlands, Arnoud Mouwen and Piet Rietveld
Contractual Means of Achieving High-level Performance in Transit Contracts, Larry W. Thomas and James B. McDaniel
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
Competition for Public Transport Services, Arne Beck
The distinction between commercial and non-commercial bus services in Germany: Given by nature?, Arne Beck
Workshop 4: Designing contracts/concessions: What has worked and what has not and why?: 12th International Conference Series on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport, David Bray and Corinne Mulley
Four decades of changing transport policy in Santiago, Chile, Oscar Figueroa
Organisational structures and functions in Bus Rapid Transit, and opportunities for private sector participation, Brendan Finn
How optimal was the Sydney Metro contract?: Comparison with international best practice, Cameron Gordon, Corinne Mulley, Nick Stevens, and Rhonda Daniels
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
Efficiency measurement in public transport: Are findings specification sensitive?, Matthew G. Karlaftis and Dimitrios Tsamboulas
Regulation, trust and contractual incentives around transport contracts – Is there anything bus operators can learn from public air service contracts?, Rico Merkert and David A. Hensher
Incorporation of customer satisfaction in public transport contracts – A preliminary analysis, Mathetha Mokonyama and Christoffel Venter
Evaluating the long term impacts of transport policy: An initial assessment of bus deregulation, John Preston and Talal Almutairi
Ten years after bus deregulation in Japan: An analysis of institutional changes and cost efficiency, Hiroki Sakai and Yoshinori Takahashi
Workshop 3A report – Governance, contracting, ownership and competition issues in public transport: Looking up not down, John Stanley and Andrew Smith
Governance, ownership and competition issues in deregulated (free market) public transport: Lessons that can be learnt from developed and developing economies, Didier van de Velde and John Preston
‘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
Submissions from 2011
Experiences with Competitive Tendering of Bus Services in Germany, Arne Beck
Optimal contracting and incentives for public transport in Sydney: what has been learned from the Sydney Metro experience?, Rhonda Daniels, Cameron Gordon, Corinne Mulley, and Nick Stevens
Legal Aspects Relevant to Outsourcing Transit Functions Not Traditionally Outsourced, Daniel Duff, Jane Sutter Starke, and G. Kent Woodman
Examination of regional transit service under contracting: A case study in the Greater New Orleans region, Hiroyuki Iseki, Charles Rivasplata, Rebecca Houtman, Adam Smith, Carl Seifert, and Tiffany Sudar
Statewide Transit Goal Setting, Terence Plaskon, Stephanie Trainor, and Michael Grant
Modelling open access train services, Martin Prior, James Vickers, and John Segal
Analysis of Contracting for Fixed Route Bus Service, Stephen L. Reich and Janet L. Davis
Legal Arrangements for Use and Control of Real-Time Data, Larry W. Thomas and James B. McDaniel
Submissions from 2010
Impact of regulation on the performances of long-distance transport services: A comparison of the different approaches in Sweden and Norway, Gunnar Alexandersson, Steffan Hultén, Nils Fearnley, and Frode Longva
Operator changes through competitive tendering: Empirical evidence from German local bus transport, Katrin Augustin and Matthias Walter
Making public transport financially sustainable, Ralph Buehler and John Pucher
The regulatory function in public-private partnerships for the provision of transport infrastructure, Miguel Carmona
Are we doing it wrong or do we expect too much? Forces that push authorities to become public transport designers, David A. Eerdmans, Sebastiaan C.E. van Kooij, Didier M. van de Velde, and Hans Westerink
Workshop report – Public transport markets in development, Brendan Finn and Jackie Walters
New Zealand public transport procurement strategies in a new legislative environment, Rachel Gibson
Some lessons from incentive theory: Promoting quality in bus transport, Manuel González-Díaz and Ángeles Montoro-Sánchez
Incompleteness and clarity in bus contracts: Identifying the nature of the ex ante and ex post perceptual divide, David A. Hensher
Contracting regimes for bus services: What have we learnt after 20 years?, David A. Hensher and John Stanley
Effective Use of Citizen Advisory Committees for Transit Planning and Operations, Kristin Hull
Quality incentives and quality outcomes in procured public transport – Case study Stockholm, Kjell Jansson and Roger Pyddoke
An investigation of institutional arrangements for design and delivery of multimodal public transport in Melbourne, Kathren Lazanas and Dr John Stone
Regulating the regulator: The impact of professional procuring bodies on local public transport policy and its effectiveness, Frode Longva and Oddgeir Osland
Changes in transaction costs over time – The case of franchised train operating firms in Britain, Rico Merkert
Competition in Brazilian bus and coach services – The results of recent competitive tendering processes, Fernando Rolim, Anísio Brasileiro, and Enilson Santos
The effect of governmental subsidies and the contractual model on the publicly-owned bus sector in Japan, Hiroki Sakai and Kenichi Shoji
Results so far and prospects of Kazakhstan passenger rail franchising, Timur Sharipov
Exploring the effects of passenger rail franchising in Britain: Evidence from the first two rounds of franchising (1997–2008), Andrew S.J. Smith, Phill E. Wheat, and Chris A. Nash
Increased coordination in public transport—which mechanisms are available?, Claus Hedegaard Sørensen and Frode Longva
Goal achievement with trusting partnerships at the tactical level, John K. Stanley
Workshop report – A successful contractual setting, John Stanley and Frode Longva
Turning over a new franchise: assessing the current health of public transport management in Melbourne, Dr John Stone
Workshop report – Beyond competitive tendering, Didier van der Velde and Arne Beck
Changing public transport governance in Dutch metropoles: To tender or not to tender, Wijnand Veeneman
To competitively tender or to negotiate – Weighing up the choices in a mature market, Ian Wallis, David Bray, and Heather Webster
The conflict between competition policy and the wider role of the local bus industry in Britain, Peter R. White
Submissions from 2007
Ownership, contractual practices and technical efficiency: The case of urban public transport in France, William Roy and Anne Yvrande-Billon
Submissions from 2004
Impacts of privatising Britain's rail passenger services -- franchising, refranchising, and Ten Year Transport Plan targets, Richard D. Knowles
