Transit privatization

Transit privatization refers to efforts to privatize buses and commuter railways. There is evidence that such systems are more efficient than government-operated transit systems. The efficiency increases even further when operations are separated from policy. [ [http://www.publicpurpose.com/t4.htm COMPETITIVE TENDERING IN URBAN TRANSPORT: 1995: Wendell Cox Consultancy ] ] In the United States, Wendell Cox is perhaps the foremost transit privatization expert; he advocates privatization of Amtrak stations. [ [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-cox062502.asp Wendell Cox on Amtrak on National Review Online ] ]

Privatization can involve ownership of a transit system by private entities, or it can involve contracting publicly owned railways out to concessionaires. The latter is used by Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; and Porto Alegre, Curitiba and Sao Paulo, Brazil. [ [http://ntlsearch.bts.gov/tris/record/tris/00760646.html Tris Online: Models Of Government Regulation Of Privatized Transit Systems In Five Latin American Cities ] ]

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ee also

* Privatisation of British Rail
* Rail privatisation in New Zealand