Publication
Title
Legal and regulatory options to promote system integration in urban public transport
Author
Abstract
Nowadays most cities are faced with increasing traffic congestion and decreasing public transport market share. This situation calls for a new strategic approach to urban public transport, where multi-modal transport should assume a more important role in the competition with private car. Intermodality is not and objective in itself but an instrument to achieve system integration. To increase its market share public transport should offer a level of fluidity equivalent to the one offered by private car, and for this network integration is one of the key factors. The paper demonstrates that the main requirements for successful system integration are: Regulatory harmonization, assuring a transparent allocation of responsibilities and mission between modes and agents; Integrated management, assuring the achievement of the mobility policy goals through a product mix including public and private transport modes; Network articulation, offering effective economies of scale and scope to the users.
Language
English
Source (journal)
WORLD TRANSPORT RESEARCH, VOLS 1 TO 4: VOL 1: TRANSPORT MODES ANDSYSTEMS; VOL 2: PLANNING, OPERATION, MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL; VOL 3:TRANSPORT MODELLING/ASSESSMENT; VOL 4: TRANSPORT POLICY
Source (book)
8th World Conference on Transport Research, JUL 12-17, 1998, ANTWERP, BELGIUM
Publication
Kidlington : Pergamon-elsevier science ltd , 1999
ISBN
0-08-043590-4
Volume/pages
(1999) , p. 349-357
ISI
000085691700027
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Publication type
Subject
External links
Web of Science
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Identifier
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