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Thredbo 7

• Overview presentation by David Hensher (Executive Chair, Thredbo Series)
• Regulation Policy in Land Passenger Transportation in Europe: (PDF)
  John Preston
• Regulation and Competition in Rail transport - Developments in Great Britain:
  Chris Nash
• An Independent Review of Rail Privatisation in Britain: (PDF)
  Peter White
• TRESIS: A Transportation, Land Use and Environmental Strategy Impact Simulator for Urban Areas: (PDF)
  David Hensher
• Efficient modal split: (PDF)
  Jan Owen Jansson

Workshop A: Competitive Tendering of Public Transport

Chair: John Preston

• Competition in Urban Public Transport: A World View (PDF)
  Wendell Cox and Brice Duthion
• Competitive Tendering and Deregulation a Comparison of Bus Markets in London and the British Metropolitan Areas (PDF)
  Bryan Matthews, Abigail Bristow, and Chris Nash
• Competitive Tendering for Bus Service: The Improved Adelaide Model (PDF)
  Ian Wallis and David Bray
• JM: Modelling Quality Bus Partnerships (PDF)
  J Toner, GA Whelan, PJ Mackie, and John Preston
• An Evaluation of Competitive Tendering in the Ferry Sector in Norway (PDF)
  Arild Hervik, and Øyvind Sunde

Workshop B: Competition and Regulation of Public Transport

Chair: Chris Nash

• Regulation Interstate Passenger Transport by Means of Independent Agencies: Challenges to the Institutional Development of Transport in Brazil (PDF)
  Anisio Brasileiro, Enilson Santos, and Joaquim Aragão
• Regulation, Competition and Technical Efficiency in Public Bus Transport: Case of the Metropolitan Area of San Jos, Costa Rica (PDF)
  Contreras-Montoya, Enilson Carlos Santos, and Rmulo Orrico Filho
• The Urban Public Transport Crisis in Brazil: Two Regulatory Reform Strategies and Some Questions to the World Bank (PDF)
  Joaqium Jos Guilherme de Arago, Enilson Medeiros dos Santos, and Aniso Brasileiro de Freitas Dourado
• Mode Shift to Airport Arlanda for Sustainable Development (PDF)
  Kjell Jansson
• The Feasibility of the Road and Park Pricing to Supportthe Transport Policies (PDF)
  Ferdinando Stanta, Jens Schade, and Bernhard Schlag
• Equality in Public Transport Competition: Game-Theoretic Framework for Bus and Taxi Entrepreneurs in Finland (PDF)
  Marko Nokkala
• Pricing and Financing of the Railway in Competitive Environment (PDF)
  Kjell Jansson
• Public Transport by Vans: Facts, Meaning and Perspectives of its Presence in Brazilian Cities (PDF)
  Ramos Santos, Enilson, Rubens and Romulo Orrico Filho

Workshop C: Ownership and Organisation of PT and Infrastructure

Chair: David Hensher

• Subsidy and Productivity in the Privatised UK Passenger Rail (PDF)
  Jonathan Cowie
• The Relative Efficiency of Public and Private Bus Companies (PDF)
  James Odeck and Øyvind Sunde
• An Examination of Efficiency Level Variations for Bus Services (PDF)
  Torben Holvad
• Cross-modal Ownership in Passenger Transport - the British Experience since 1985 (PDF)
  Charles Roberts
• Managing and Assessing Regulatory Evaluation in Local Public Transport Operations in Europe (PDF)
  Rosário Macário
• Local Passenger Transport Organisation in France: a New Deal?
  Pascal Vincent
• The Productivity Growth in Norwegia Ferry Links 1988-1996, and Implications for Regulation (PDF)
  Harald Minken and Marit Killi
• Diversification Strategy of the Minor Private Rail Companies in Japan (PDF)
  K Shoji
• The Role of Decision Support Systems (DDS) in Transportation Planning: the Experience of the Lombardy Region (PDF)
  Michaela Burla, Eliot Laniado, Fosca, Romani and Paola Tagliavini

Workshop D: Funding of Public Transport and Infrastructure

Chair: Gordon Mills

• Designing Incentive Schemes for Public Transport Operators in Hordaland County, Norway (PDF)
  Odd I Larsen
• Incentive Contracts in Norwegian Local public Transport (PDF)
  Erik Carlquist
• Economic Incentives to Increase Public Transport Patronage the Theory and the Practice (PDF)
  Ian Wallis
• A Tale of Seven Cities: Subsidy Reductions in Norwegian public Transport (PDF)
  Nils Fearnley and Erik Carlquist
• Designing Financing Schemes for Urban Transport (PDF)
  Bryan Matthews and Chris Nash
• The Disability discrimination Act and Developments in Accessible Public Transport in the UK (PDF)
  Bryan Matthews
• A Cost-Benefit Approach to Disables Universal Access to Public Transport (PDF)
  Lage Lyche and Arild Hervik
• A Cost-Benefit Approach to Public Transport Priority to Road access (PDF)
  Snorre Laegran

Workshop E: Management of Public Transport Systems

Chair: Arild Hervik

• Towards Innovation in Public Transport Tendering in the Netherlands (PDF)
  Didier Van de Velde and R Leijenaar
• The Evolution of Organisational Forms in European Public Transport (PDF)
  Didier Van de Velde
• Satellite Monitoring of Public Transport (PDF)
  Chris Stretch
• Creation of Express Bus Services to Improve Competitive Edge for Public Transport in Mre og Romsdal County. (PDF)
  Frode Ohr and Olav Hauge
• Use and Efficiency of Public Transport: the Effects of Price and Service Measure (PDF)
  Marc Witbreuk and Leo de Jong

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