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Contracts And Partnerships

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The Transport Act 1985 provided for light control of bus services in the UK, and for privatisation. Since 1997 there has been growing pressure for re‐regulation, especially from the Passenger Transport Authorities in the former Metropolitan Counties. Steps toward this were taken in the Transport Act 2000. Now we have the Local Transport Act 2008, which could provide for this to be taken further; a Statutory Contract Scheme would enable the Integrated Transport Authority to remove commercial decision‐making from bus operators and end all competition. Other parts of the new Act would allow further steps in the same direction. This article argues that its application should be carefully watched and criticised.

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  • John Hibbs, 2009. "Contracts And Partnerships," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(3), pages 77-80, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecaffa:v:29:y:2009:i:3:p:77-80
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2009.01924.x
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    1. Andrea ZATTI, 2012. "New Organizational Models In European Local Public Transport: From Myth To Reality," Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 83(4), pages 533-559, December.
    2. Andrea ZATTI, 2011. "Organizational models in European local public transport: is the new paradigm really dominant," Departmental Working Papers 2011-29, Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at Università degli Studi di Milano.
    3. John Hibbs, 2009. "How Can We Call Transport A Utility?," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(4), pages 55-59, December.

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