A comparative analysis of the performance of urban public transport systems in Europe

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ID7811049
AuthorsPatrick van Egmond (University of Catania), Peter Nijkamp (0000-0002-4068-8132, University of Catania), Gabriella Vindigni (0000-0003-2825-2368, University of Catania)
Year2003
Volume55
Issue176
Pages235-247
Publication date2003-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Science Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8701 • E-ISSN: 1468-2451
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2451.2003.05502005.x
OpenAlexW2105400376
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

Regulatory reform in EU transport policy has forced urban public transport authorities to operate increasingly under a market regime.The EU policy favours in particular a system of limited competition through the granting of concessions to public transport operators.This paper seeks to identify the success conditions for local public transport systems in a sample of 22 European cities.On the basis of extensive field research a systematic performance table of urban public transport systems in these cities is created with the aim to investigate the impact of four classes of critical success factors on the performance of these systems.In the empirical part both a qualitative interpretative analysis and a recently developed tool from artificial intelligente, viz.rough set analysis, is deployed in order to derive policy relevant conclusions

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