Public Transport in Rural Areas [electronic resource]: Scheduled and Non-Scheduled Services: Report of the Sixty-Fifth Round Table on Transport Economics Held in Paris on 15-16 February 1984 /
European Conference of Ministers of Transport.
Round Table on Transport Economics(65th :1984 :Paris, France)
European Conference of Ministers of Transport Economic Research Centre.Content Provider
Round Table on Transport Economics
Paris : OECD Publishing,
1984.
This Round Table on Public Transport in Rural Areas includes reports from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
INTRODUCTORY REPORTS -- The Re-organisastion and Co-ordination of Passenger Train and Bus Services betwen Charleroi-Couvin by P. Dubus, Belgium -- -Chapter 1. Main Characteristics of the Region under Consideration -- Chapter 2. Transport Demand -- Chapter 3. Transport Supply -- Chapter 4. Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure -- Chapter 5. Cost-Benefit Analysis -- The Danish 1978 Reform of Rural Public Transport: Its Background and Consequences by P. O. Pedersen, Denmark -- Introduction -- The Organisation of rural public transport before 1978 -- The changing structure of demand for rural public transport -- The new legislation of the 1970s -- The increase in coach services around 1978 -- The integration of general pbulic transport and school buses -- Fares and fare structure -- The growth in the number of passengers -- Passenger generation and the quality of public transport -- The use of resources in the county as a whole -- The use of resources on local and regional coach services -- Total costs and subsidies of publid transport -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Public Transport in Rural Areas by A. Tarrius, France -- -Introduction -- The decline of passenger transport in rural areas -- Expression of demand and analysis of travel requirements -- On-demand transport micro-systems: Permanent or passing? -- Rehabilitating local initiatives -- Annex: The case of Moyen Conflent -- Bibliography -- Public Transport in Rural Areas by V. Sparmann and J. Sparmann, Germany -- Initial situation -- Framework conditions -- Measures -- Summary and conclusions -- Bibliography -- The Post Offic Passenger Service in Switzerland by D. Genton and G. Tathey, Switzerland -- Introduction -- Some general aspects of regional development and the transport system -- Public transport by road -- The Post Office Passenger Service (PTT) -- A few lessons to be drawn from past experience -- Bibliography -- Public Transport in Rural Areas by B. M. M. Barrett, United Kingdom -- -Introduction -- The context for National Bus Company's activities -- The demand context -- Financially dependent services -- Rural bus development -- Total marketing -- Conclusions -- Annex: Characteristics of passenger demand -- SUMMARY OF THE DISCUSSION -- LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
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This Round Table on Public Transport in Rural Areas includes reports from Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Transport
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