Economic and Regulatory Issues in Intercity Bus and Other Transportation

摘要

The 11 papers in the report deal with the following areas: labor costs in urban mass transit: a case for regulatory reform; subsidies, political control, and costs of U.K. urban bus provision; an economic analysis computer package for urban highway improvements; pricing options for urban transportation modes; the contestability of the U.K. interurban bus market; intercity bus service changes following the bus regulatory reform act of 1982; intercity bus deregulation: the impact on urban and rural public transportation systems in the provision of intercity bus feeder service; intercity bus passenger profile; bus station security: crime at intercity bus stations; the impact of bus deregulation on small towns; and the domestic demand for airmail service by the U.S. Postal Service.