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petitiveness of urban transport with respect to individual motoring and improving
productivity owing to the mechanism of competition for transport services.
In the British system, which is deregulated in its essence, the regulatory
scope has been extended. The basis for this was the government Green Paper on
public transport which was published in 1996. The paper started laying more
emphasis on the quality of public transport in order to increase its role in urban
transport 10 .
Long- and short-term planning has become the basis of the activities of urban
transport authorities and their executive bodies with respect to developing
the transport offer.
The government has initiated “a statutory partnership for quality” to encourage
local public transport authorities to provide such improvements as
dedicated bus lanes or passenger information systems on condition that the carriers
invest in new rolling stock. Moreover, the government set the framework
for creating “quality contracts” to improve the transport service standards 11 .
Urban transport Authorities have taken action in respect of 12 :
– gradually improving the offer to eliminate shortages in commercial services;
– introducing the requirement to participate in integrated ticket systems;
– the carriers being obliged to operate easily accessible and user friendly vehicles;
– implementing solutions making it easier for small carriers to stay in the
market;
– coordinating contract validity periods in a manner conducive to the network
nature of services for contracts awarded under tender procedures;
– strengthening the control over carriers that do not respect the adopted
rules;
– including the whole railway network in the integrated service system.
In the French system specific solutions have been used to facilitate its functioning.
These solutions are the following:
– the carrier is the operator of a system based on public ownership of the infrastructure
and has specified obligations in respect of providing employment;
– contract periods are limited to 5-6 years;
– a very detailed and extensive contract is executed detailing the rights and
obligations of the parties;
10 P.R. White, What conclusions can be drawn about bus deregulation. “Transport Reviews” 1997, No. 1,
p. 13.
11 Organizacja i g³ówni aktorzy komunikacji miejskiej w krajach poszerzonej Unii Europejskiej. UITP-Euro
Team. IzbaGospodarcza Komunikacji Miejskiej. Warsaw 2004, p. 80.
12 Ibidem, p. 81.
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