This study examines the institutional and economic feasibility of increasing the utilization of the private sector to provide and organize commuter transportation services. It is an evaluation of the private sector's potential to assume a major role in the delivery of collective forms of commuter transportation. The private sector options analyzed in this study include: commuter bus service provided by private bus companies--either unsubsidized or operated under contract to a public agency; employer organized commuter ridesharing programs; and vanpooling services organized by transit agencies, private employers, and ridesharing agencies. By examining the use of these strategies in several metropolitan areas, this study seeks to determine the conditions under which they are utilized, to identify the obstacles to more widespread adoption, and to assess their appropriateness and cost-effectiveness. Because a variety of economic, legal, political, and organizational factors affect the feasibility of those strategies, this study addresses both their institutional and economic dimensions.


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    Title :

    Private Sector Options for Commuter Transportation: Executive Summary


    Contributors:
    R. F. Teal (author) / G. Giuliano (author) / M. E. Brenner (author) / S. B. Rooney (author) / J. K. Jacobs (author)

    Publication date :

    1984


    Size :

    16 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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