PASSENGER TRANSPORT. THE NEW FRAMEWORK. PAPERS PRESENTED AT A CONFERENCE HELD IN APRIL 1993. CHAPTER 1. THE CHANGING SCENE

This chapter examines some of the factors which have contributed to the rapid pace of change in public transport operations. Factors considered include deregulation, privatisation, the continued growth in car ownership, public expenditure constraints, urban congestion, new funding arrangements for local authority transport investment, urban transport strategies, the use of demand management and road pricing and the transport/land use relationship. The author considers that bus deregulation will not be reversed and that bus operating companies will function more effectively free of the public sector. Improved public transport will not on its own however restrain car use. An emerging framework is identified within which local authorities will have the opportunity to develop strategic transport policies to deal with urban transport problems. For the covering abstract see IRRD 857765.