Workshop 3A report – Governance, contracting, ownership and competition issues in public transport: Looking up not down

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2012

Subject Area

land use - planning, mode - rail, place - africa, organisation - contracting, organisation - competition, organisation - privatisation

Keywords

Land use/Transport integration, Paratransit, PPPs, Rail, Social goals, Transport policy

Abstract

Workshop 3A focussed on matters of institutional design that seem likely to improve public transport outcomes. It started by defining high level outcome goals, as measures of ultimate public transport success, and then identified the major societal issues that public transport systems can help to resolve. These issues were separately defined for Southern African and western settings. The importance of taking an integrated approach to transport, particularly land use/transport integration, was seen as fundamental to goal achievement. Workshop papers provided many and varied examples of this importance, ranging from PPPs for major public transport projects to system design issues and contracting out of services. The Workshop included detailed discussion on paratransit development in Southern Africa, where relationship management is proving to be critical, in-line with much previous Thredbo discussion about the important role of trusting partnerships. Parallels and contrasts were drawn with paratransit in western settings. Competition in passenger rail was also a focus, with some questioning of the benefits of franchising. Discussion concluded by proposing recommendations for policy and research and suggesting agenda items for future Thredbo Conferences.

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