Privatizing Transportation Systems

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996-11-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313021428

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Privatizing Transportation Systems by Bloomsbury Publishing Pdf

Privatization began in the 1970s with Carter's deregulation of some business, and increased with the Thatcher administration in the United Kingdom, the Reagan administration in the United States, and many communist and socialist countries. One area of concern in privatization is transportation—airports, water ports, roads, and mass transit. Privatization can be implemented in financing, construction, operation, and maintenance of the transportation system, the main motives being the belief that the private sector can be more efficient than the public sector, and because public funds are becoming less plentiful for a variety of reasons. The focus is on ideas and innovations for expanding the private role in transportation. Specifically covered are ideas and innovations for expanding the role of private sector in U.S. transportation projects, private financing of urban transportation, airport privatization, water port improvement, toll roads, and competitive contracting for transit services. The distinguished list of contributors includes the co-recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Economics, William Vickrey. The audience for the work are scholars dealing with the discussions concerning the economics and politics of privatization, business people who are likely to be interested in potential opportunities, governmental regulators and staff, and policy makers.

Author : Jose Gomez-Ibanez,John R. Meyer
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0815715706

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Going Private by Jose Gomez-Ibanez,John R. Meyer Pdf

In the last decade many countries turned to private sources to provide services formerly offered by public agencies. Europeans, particularly the British and the French, were leaders in this movement. Developing countries also experimented extensively with privatization in the 1980s, with varying degrees of success. Because governments around the world are heavily involved in transportation, it is a natural focus of privatization experiments and in many ways has been at the cutting edge. Going Private examines the diverse privatization experiences of transportation services and facilities. Cases are drawn from the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Since almost every country has experimented to some degree with highway and bus privatization, the authors focus particularly on these services, although they also discuss urban rail transit and airports. Highways and buses, they explain, encompass all three of the most common and basic forms of privatization: the sale of an existing state-owned enterprise; use of private, rather than public, financing and management for new infrastructure development; and contracting out to private vendors public services previously provided by government employees. After thoroughly examining these services and discussing the motives for, and objections to, privatization, the authors look at the prospects for privatization in other sectors and industries. They assess those circumstances in which privatization is most likely to succeed and those in which it is most likely to fail, for political as well as economic reasons. The authors conclude that privatization involves many political and social as well as economic dimensions. Privatization is usually not simply a matter of efficiency improvements or capital augmentation but also involves such deeply imbedded societal concerns as equity, income transfers, environmental problems, and attitudes toward taxation and the role of government.

Author : Clifford Winston
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780815704768

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Last Exit by Clifford Winston Pdf

In Last Exit Clifford Winston reminds us that transportation services and infrastructure in the United States were originally introduced by private firms. The case for subsequent public ownership and management of the system was weak, in his view, and here he assesses the case for privatization and deregulation to greatly improve Americans' satisfaction with their transportation systems.

Author : Antonio Estache
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Air
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructure in the 1990s by Antonio Estache Pdf

"Learning to regulate fairly, effectively, and at arm's length may be the main challenge governments face in attracting private investment and financing to the transport sector"--Cover.

Author : Antonio Estache,Ginés de Rus
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0821347217

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Privatization and Regulation of Transport Infrastructure by Antonio Estache,Ginés de Rus Pdf

The 1990s saw an increase in the liberalisation of transport policies and a strengthening of the role of private operators and investors in transport infrastructure worldwide. The search for sustained improvement in efficiency is probably secondary to the need to find additional financing, but it is improvement in services that is at the core of the new role of the government in transport. Governments must now become fair economic regulators of many of the privately operated transport services and infrastructures. This book examines the major challenges that governments are likely to face in taking on their new role in transport.

Author : José A. Gómez-Ibáñez,John Robert Meyer
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0815731795

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Going Private by José A. Gómez-Ibáñez,John Robert Meyer Pdf

"The most thorough and extensive overview of transportation privatization to date." Policy Currents

Author : Walter E. Block
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781610163583

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Privatization of Roads and Highways: Human and Economic Factors, The by Walter E. Block Pdf

This work is dedicated to my fellow Americans, some 40,000 of them per year who have died needlessly in traffic fatalities. It is my sincere hope and expectation that under a system of private roads and highways in the future, that this number may be radically reduced.

Author : George M. Guess
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Transportation
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131653748

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Managing and Financing Urban Public Transport Systems by George M. Guess Pdf

"This book compares the institutions and regulatory contexts in which transit systems operate, the operations and management problems with which they must contend, and the policy options and solutions which they have implemented."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Arizona. Transportation Planning Division. Policy and Research Section
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Local transit
ISBN : STANFORD:36105040562485

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Trends in Transit Privatization by Arizona. Transportation Planning Division. Policy and Research Section Pdf

Author : Simon Hakim,Robert M. Clark,Erwin A. Blackstone
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030834845

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Handbook on Public Private Partnerships in Transportation, Vol I by Simon Hakim,Robert M. Clark,Erwin A. Blackstone Pdf

This book discusses the role of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in global transportation infrastructure. Seen as a way to provide vital services in an era of shrinking government budgets, public-private partnerships have become an increasingly important part of travel infrastructure worldwide. This book describes and analyzes the structure of various models of PPPs in various countries, evaluating their effectiveness, and drawing policy implications for future use. Written by leading international researchers and practitioners in the transportation field, each chapter is a case study on the adoption, implementation, and outcome of transportation services in different municipalities. Taken together, these diverse case studies provide an integrated framework for evaluating and using PPPs. Providing rigorous empirical analysis of PPPs in transportation, this volume will be of interest to researchers in public administration, political science, and economics as well as practitioners and policymakers involved in establishing and monitoring PPPs in transportation.

Author : Jeff Tan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-10-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134089154

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Privatization in Malaysia by Jeff Tan Pdf

This book explores privatization in Malaysia, focusing in particular on how political constraints resulted in the failure of four major privatizations: the national sewerage company (IWK), Kuala Lumpur Light Rail Transit (LRT), national airline (MAS), and national car company (Proton).

Author : Elliott Sclar,K. H. Schaeffer,Robert Brandwein
Publisher : Economic Policy Inst
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0944826156

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The Emperor's New Clothes by Elliott Sclar,K. H. Schaeffer,Robert Brandwein Pdf

Author : John S. Dodgson,Neville Topham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Transportation
ISBN : UOM:39015013835858

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Bus Deregulation and Privatisation by John S. Dodgson,Neville Topham Pdf

Author : Richard McGowan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798216132622

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Privatize This? by Richard McGowan Pdf

This book offers an expert examination of the ideology and motives behind the privatization or the nationalization of an industry, based on real case studies. Is it always more effective and less expensive to use taxpayer dollars to engage private companies rather than have the government run enterprises itself? Do consumers always benefit from the privatization of services? What happens when privatization stops being an abstract, theoretical debate and is actually put to the test in the real world? Privatize This? Assessing the Opportunities and Costs of Privatization is the place to find out. Privatize This? provides a clear, easy-to-apply model for evaluating the pros and cons of the privatization process and then puts the model to work in examining nine real-world case studies—ranging from Spain's privatization of its cigarette industry to Pennsylvania's "state store system" for selling liquor. Throughout, the book focuses on the central issues of privatization—profit versus public good, protection from fraud and waste—while also showing how the recent economic upheaval has changed public opinion and public policy on privatization.

Author : Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781003860327

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The Geography of Transport Systems by Jean-Paul Rodrigue Pdf

This expanded and revised sixth edition of The Geography of Transport Systems provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the field with a broad overview of its concepts, methods, and areas of application. It explores the spatial aspects of transportation and focuses on how the mobility of passengers and freight is linked with geography. The book is divided into ten chapters, each covering a specific conceptual dimension, including networks, modes, terminals, freight transportation, urban transportation, and environmental impacts, and updated with the latest information available. The sixth edition offers new and updated material on information technologies and mobility, e-commerce, transport and the economy, mobility and society, supply chains, security, pandemics, energy and the environment, and climate change. With over 140 updated figures and maps, The Geography of Transport Systems presents transportation systems at different scales ranging from global to local. This volume is an essential resource for undergraduates studying transportation, as well as those interested in economic and urban geography, transport planning and engineering. A companion website, which contains additional material such as photographs, maps, figures, and PowerPoint presentations, has been developed for the book and can be found here: https://transportgeography.org/