Transport Without Politics...? (Hobart Paper, No. 95)

HIBBS, John

Institute Of Economic Affairs

This Hobart Paper addresses one of the great economic and social problems of our time: the suboptimal allocation of resources that has arisen from the incompatible financial, fiscal and regulatory regimes for the various modes of inland transport. In order to simplify the argument, it concentrates on the movement of people, whose demand for access to satisfactions gives rise to the derived demand for mobility with with the paper is concerned. The argument rests on the assumption that such satisfactions can only be assessed subjectively and that there is no planning technique which will ensure the provision of the required mobility at a quality and price that will clear the market. Having reviewed the various 'means to mobility', the paper concludes that measures to harmonise their investment, taxation and regulatory regimes so as to create an integrated market form the basis for the only 'national transport policy' that can have either meaning or success.

On the Move....: Market for Mobility on the Roads (Hobart Papers)

Business & Money

Economics

The present government assumes an 'integrated transport policy' is required because integration will not be achieved by market forces. Its policies have an interventionalist bias. John Hibbs concludes that transport should not be regarded as 'something different' but as an industry best left alone to serve the public.

Transport Policy: The Myth of Integrated Planning (Hobart Paper, 140)

<p>The debate on rail privatisation often seems to focus on very narrow issues. Those on both sides of the argument seem to be able to employ a mass of statistics to prove their point. Proponents of privatisation suggest, with some credibility, that all was reasonably well with the privatised railways until the Hatfield disaster. Opponents point to spiralling costs since privatisation. The authors of this monograph examine privatisation in the context of the long history of continual government intervention. The government imposed upon the industry a particular structure - separation of track and wheel. It also wrapped it up in increasing amounts of regulation. After examining the history of government intervention in the railways and the privatisation process, the authors of this monograph then examine the future of railway policy. Should the industry be allowed to evolve its own structure - remerging the ownership of track and wheel if it wishes? What aspects of a railway should be regulated? Who should own the various parts of the infrastructure? This monograph is essential reading for all with an interest in railway policy and the process of privatisation.</p>

The Railways, the Market and the Government

Knipping, Oliver

Merkert, Rico

The country bus has a long and colourful history, stretching from before the railway age until today, when it increasingly struggles for survival. Once it was welcomed as the latest piece of technology upon which villages and villagers depended. Here we are reminded of how the country roads themselves have changed, and take a look at the fascinating mechanical development of the bus, its maintenance, staffing, ticketing and general management. Professor John Hibbs draws upon anecdotal examples in his long experience in the bus business to tell a deeply sympathetic story of the ways of the countryside and its seasonal rituals. The book evokes the true flavour of the village bus, with the smells and sounds of the buses that have wound their way through the country lanes since 1898.

The country bus

David&Charles

The omnibus: readings in the history of road passenger transport

The country chapel

Religion & Spirituality

<p>Good management and planning in the transport sector requires a thorough understanding of basic economic principles and an ability to rigorously analyze the sector as a whole.</p>

Transport Economics and Policy: A Practical Analysis of Performance Efficiency and Marketing Objectives

Kogan Page Business Books

An Introduction to Transport Studies

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

Kogan Page.

A Country Busman

Automotive

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