Comparative Performance in Urban Bus Transit
Assessing Privatization Strategies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6360943 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James L Perry (0000-0003-0137-7208), Timlynn T Babitsky |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 57-57 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Administration Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-3352 • E-ISSN: 1540-6210 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/975443 |
| OpenAlex | W2157095821 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 4 |
The recent surge of interest in privatization reflects citizen and politician desires for reducing costs and improving quality of public services. This study assessed the costs and benefits of privatization in the context of urban bus transit. Five ownership-management structures were compared on a series of performance indicators. The results indicate that privately owned and operated systems produced more output per dollar and generated revenues than other types of systems. Publicly owned systems managed by contractors, however, performed no more efficiently and effectively than publicly owned, publicly managed systems. Despite these findings, large-scale shifts toward private ownership or away from contract management may be unlikely because of other factors influencing choices about ownership and management in the urban transit industry
Bus rapid transit · Business · Public transport · Transit (satellite · Transport engineering · Urban transit · Engineering · Public Procurement and Policy · Public-Private Partnership Projects · Transport and Economic Policies
Sources of Public Service Improvement
Contracting Services for Response to Extreme Weather Events in Public Organizations
Does Performance Management Lead to Better Outcomes? Evidence from the U.S. Public Transit Industry
US state government privatization
Who Decides? Toward a Typology of Transit Governance
Public Transportation and Contracting Out
Comparative Performance of Municipal General Governments and Collaborative Municipal Governance Structures
Public ownership and ESG policies
The Role of Power and Competition in Contracting Out
The Theory of Political Elasticity
Ownership versus competition
Towards a Competitive Public Administration
Structure and Mission Effectiveness
Operationalizing the Constitution Via Administrative Reorganization
The consequences of specialised governance on spending and expansion of public transit
Transit Contracting Reexamined
Transaction Costs and Institutional Explanations for Government Service Production Decisions
Analyzing Performance Skewness in Public Agencies
Enhancing urban public service efficiency through the national civilized city policy
Reassessing Privatization Strategies 25 Years Later
Contract–Management Capacity in Municipal and County Governments
Managing the Public Service Market
Franchising in Government
Trust and contract completeness in the public sector
| Unique citing works | 24 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,62 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2026 (40) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |