Competitive Tendering and Collaborative Partnerships in Bus and Rail Transport: Some Reflections

摘要

This response to David Hensher's think-piece is informed by the author's extensive research on tendering and franchising in public transport (e.g. Preston, 2005), his recent experience as a special adviser to the House of Commons Transport Committee, which has recently completed an inquiry into passenger rail franchising in the UK (HC1354, 2006), and the proceedings of a recent ECMT workshop on rail tendering (e.g. Thompson, 2006).