Passenger Transport Services Research Articles

Japan's Telecommunications Industry

In 1987, when the guideline regarding conditions was revised for the fifth time, services were brought into consideration, and, consequently, the domestic regular air passenger transport service industry, the domestic basic telecommunications industry, and the international basic telecommunications industry1 came to be monitored for monopolistic conditions. However, because services offered by these industries are highly public in nature and indispensable to people's lives, various regulatory measures have already been taken. These include the entry regulation, the fee regulation based on the method of fair remuneration rates, and the regulation regarding operating multiple lines of businesses. Therefore, unlike other industries, these industries operate under the condition of competition under government regulation. In what follows, we will examine two of these three industries: the domestic basic telecommunications industry and the international basic telecommunications ind...

Železnice u sistemu liberalizovanog tržišta

This paper deals with the prerequisites and objectives of the liberalization of the market in conjunction with the review of the position of the railways on the transport service market in the process of its development. The author then .exposes the basic strategy of railways of the EC member states, reviews some new concepts in passenger transport and freight carriage and defines the conditions of the Yugoslav Railways as such. The author states that the Yugoslav Railways should be an integral part of the European railways system which means that they should considerably expedite the introduction of conditions for the application of modern technologies in the passenger and freight transport service in the process of which the community that is the state plays a major role.

Kvalitet usluga u železničkom saobraćaju država EZ, EFTA i SFRJ

This paper deals with the quality of transport services in passenger and freight rail transport of the EC, EFTA and Yugoslavia. For passenger transport services the respective level has been reviewed on the system of IC-lines while for the freight transport services it has been reviewed on the system of direct freight trains. For passenger transport services the frequencies and commercial speeds have been analyzed while for freight transport services the average commercial speed has been reviewed. The author puts forth recommendations for the increase of commercial speeds.

Profitability and mobility in rural America: successful approaches to tackling rural transportation problems

Rural transportation facilities and services play a critical role in supporting both commerce and quality of life in rural America. The cost and availability of freight transportation services affects the profitability of farms and businesses that depend on those services to bring production inputs and consumer products into rural areas and to carry local products to markets. Similarly, passenger transportation services are important to mobility of rural residents to gain access to the opportunities and culture of the nation. Recent economic problems in rural communities, deregulation of transportation services, and increased responsibility of local governments for building and maintaining rural roads each have stimulated renewed concern for rural transportation issues.This book looks at both the critical problems faced by rural regions and the successful approaches that have been used to help state and local governments, as well as rural enterprises, deal with those problems. Written by professionals who are active in the field of transportation economics, and who are all at land-grant institutions, the text is based primarily on the experiences of the Cooperative Extension Services and transportation institutes affiliated with land-grant universities. After a brief overview of emerging rural transportation issues and the educational challenges associated with those issues, chapters provide a comprehensive examination of key transportation issues: provision and financing of rural roads and bridges; deregulation of agricultural transportation; evaluation of the contribution of transportation to economic development; firm level transportation management; rural passenger transportation problems and solutions; and the movement of hazardous materials. Included are several case studies of successful approaches that have been used to tackle rural transportation problems in rural areas.Providing in a single volume, for the first time, a comprehensive evaluation of rural transportation issues and potential solutions, this book is a valuable resource for educators, practitioners, and students in the field of rural transportation.

Transport innovation and passenger needs — changing perspectives on the role of Dial‐a‐Ride systems

Abstract The changing role of Dial‐a‐Ride systems in the period 1969 to 1985 is reviewed as a case study in transport innovation. The first phase Dial‐a‐Ride systems were conceived and planned as transport services to complement and even replace conventional transit. However, their failure to attract any sizeable part of the public transport market combined with their high operating costs led to their demise in the mid‐1970s, to be superseded by the second phase Dial‐a‐Ride systems as paratransit services to the elderly and handicapped. These later systems were often initiated by community‐based transport agencies which have demonstrated their ability as transport innovators in meeting passenger needs. It is suggested that other transport services could learn valuable lessons from the experiences of community Dial‐a‐Ride, and that Dial‐a‐Ride itself will prove historically to be an important transitional agent in the reorganization of passenger transport services in the post‐deregulation environment of th...

The regime of navigation on international waterways: Part III: Substantive rights and duties

The term “navigation” in the purely technical sense means no more than the movement of vessels; in this sense the term is used in regulations bearing on the technical conditions for the movement of ships. “Navigation”, the freedom of which is established in international treaties, has a quite different meaning. Freedom of communications (including freedom of navigation on rivers) and freedom of commerce had already been conceived as correlative and complementary notions in natural law. Both the earliest and most recent treaties on inland navigation give conclusive evidence that dissociation of these two notions was never contemplated. It is true that freedom of navigation and freedom of commerce are, in principle, concerned with different matters. Navigation understood as the mere movement of vessels, may be exercised for scientific, philanthropic or recreational purposes. However, such movement of vessels for non-commercial purposes was never of such importance as to justify international regulation. Every international agreement in this field has envisaged granting freedom of navigation as an economic activity. Never, in international treaties, has navigation been treated exclusively as movement of vessels in the technical sense, viz. as an activity with an end in itself. On the contrary, for the purpose of international regulation, navigation has constantly been regarded as an economic activity, viz. as the operation of transport services for passengers and, in particular, goods. In other words, the international regulations have always regarded navigation as the exercise of the shipping trade.

Some promising innovations in taxicab operations

Several shared-ride passenger transportation services which could be offered by taxicabs are currently prohibited in U.S. cities by state or local regulations. Although relaxation of these regulations has been advocated on numerous occasions, little regulatory change has occurred to date. Moreover, the taxicab industry has rarely been considered as a potential provider for publicly subsidized transportation services. This paper discusses several promising innovations in taxicab service provisions and subsidy mechanisms which have been implemented or proposed recently in U.S. cities. The paper argues for more well-designed experimentation with such innovations as a means of stimulating greater interest on the part of planners, policy-makers, regulators, and public transportation operators in broadening the role of taxicabs in urban transportation.

On Geographical Investigations of the Service Sector

AbstractThe geography of services in the Soviet Union's government-run economy is defined as a branch of economic geography concerned with investigation of nonproductive activities in the broadest sense (housing, trade and public eating establishments, social security services, passenger transport, repair and maintenance services, cultural services, children's institutions, medical services, public security services). Two basic lines of geographical research are distinguished: (a) spatial differences in both the need for services and the volume of services actually rendered, viewed in the broader context of a geographical investigation of living conditions; (b) the optimal spatial organization of service establishments in urban and rural areas and in different physical, economic and demographic settings.

Merseyside: Co-ordination of Passenger Transport Services. University of Liverpool Social Science Department (Book Review)

Merseyside: Co-ordination of Passenger Transport Services. University of Liverpool Social Science Department (Book Review)

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:The Russian Financial System. By W. B. Reddaway.Magna Britannia. By J. Coatman, C.I.E.Survey of International Affairs, 1934. By Arnold J. Toynbee, assisted by V. M. Boulter. Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.The League of Nations and the Rule of Law, 1918–1935. By Alfred Zimmern.INTERNATIONAL LAW. By L. OPPENHEIM. Vol. II. DISPUTES, WAR AND NEUTRALITY. Fifth edition. Edited by H. LAUTERPACHT.THE ANTI‐DRUG CAMPAIGN. By S. H. BAILEY.Merseyside: Co‐ordination of Passenger Transport Services. By T. S. Simey and C. D. Campbell.The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. By J. M. Keynes.Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences. Editor‐in‐Chief: Edwin R. A. Seligman. Associate Editor: Alvin S. Johnson 1 Review notices of previous volumes of the Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences have appeared in The Political Quarterly for July‐September 1930, July‐September 1931, January‐March 1933, and October‐December 1934.The Proletarian Revolution and the Renegade KautskyBy V. I. Lenin.In Defence of Terrorism. By L. Trotsky.English Radicalism, 1832‐1852. By S. Maccoby.The Sino‐Japanese Controversy and the League of Nations. By Westel W. Willoughby.Conspiracy at Meerut. By Lester Hutchinson.