The report examines the role of the private sector in public transportation in New York City. It offers policy guidelines for utilizing market forces and the private sector to achieve greater mobility, better transportation, improved air quality, reduced congestion, and lower costs. The City's transportation system is a critical constraint on the region's economic performance. But, instead of higher fares, taxes, and tolls as a first resort, better use of the ample, existing transportation resources, public and private, is much to be preferred, because greater public expenditures for the public agency have resulted essentially in higher costs for the same output. The major transportation advances in NYC originated in the private sector: the omnibus, horsecar, elevated, trolley, subway, and bus. The private sector today continues the innovative tradition, introducing a variety of popular, responsive, route and for-hire services -- some of questionable formal legality -- with lower fares than the public agency.
Private Sector in Public Transportation in New York City: A Policy Perspective
1991
234 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Public transportation , Transportation system financing , Private sector , Urban transportation , Transportation planning , Mass transportation , Commuting costs , Intermodal transportation systems , Public transportation costs , Public transportation management. Guidelines , Policies , Recommendations , New York City(New York) , Privatization
Transportation Skills Needed by Private-Sector and Public-Sector Organizations
Transportation Research Record | 2005
|Valuing Public-Sector Revenue Risk Exposure in Transportation Public-Private Partnerships
Online Contents | 2012
|Valuing Public-Sector Revenue Risk Exposure in Transportation Public–Private Partnerships
Transportation Research Record | 2012
|