Abstract
State and local government involvement in the fmancing and operation of public transport services is basically motivated by the objectives of economic efficiency, equity and environmental considerations. In large cities the first objective is often the dimensioning factor for the peak supply. The task is to compete with and supplement the private car mode in congested networks. Distributional equity is the reason for offering a more basic supply between peak periods and at weekends.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1993 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Stern, E., Tretvik, T. (1993). Public Transport in Europe: Requiem or Revival?. In: Salomon, I., Bovy, P., Orfeuil, JP. (eds) A Billion Trips a Day. Transportation Research, Economics and Policy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8118-9_8
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8118-9_8
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-90-481-4278-1
Online ISBN: 978-94-015-8118-9
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive