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The role of bus partnerships in Great Britain

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  • Godfrey, John
  • Taylor, John

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Great Britain (outside London) is unusual in Western Europe in leaving the planning of its bus networks to the private sector, albeit from an established historic basis. It took several years following deregulation in 1986, compounded by wholesale changes in the ownership of bus operators, for new, stable, mature relationships to develop between operators and local transport authorities. The building of partnership working, founded on common interests of encouraging greater accessibility by bus, increasing patronage, and modal shift from cars – with their consequent social, economic and environmental benefits – has underpinned some impressive achievements over the last 25 years.

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  • Godfrey, John & Taylor, John, 2018. "The role of bus partnerships in Great Britain," Research in Transportation Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(C), pages 310-318.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:retrec:v:69:y:2018:i:c:p:310-318
    DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2018.05.006
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    Keywords

    Godfrey; Taylor; Thredbo; Conference; Competition; Land passenger transport; Market initiative; Partnership; Regulation; Bus;
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    JEL classification:

    • L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
    • R40 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - General
    • R48 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - Government Pricing and Policy

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