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This section contains a number of resources relating to the UK and Australian experience of competition and contracting in bus services.
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| Bus Services Across the UK (PDF) |
| House of Commons Transport Select Committee, 2006 |
| The Stationery Office |
| In a report marking the 20th anniversary of the de-regulation of buses throughout most of the UK, the committee states that the system is not working and recommends that it is made easier for local authorities to introduce regulation through the use of Quality Contracts. |
| HC 1317 |
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| Bus Reform: Competition Reform of Transperth Bus Services (PDF) |
| Office of the Auditor General Western Australia, 1997 |
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| A report assessing the impact of the Bus Reform in Perth’s transportation system since its introduction in 1993. This report assesses only the first period of contracting introduced by the reform (1996) and concludes that the initial phase of the process was successful since it achieved significant cost savings while maintaining quality service. |
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| The Sale of London Transport's Bus Operating Companies (Web Page) |
| National Audit Office (NAO), 1995 |
| The Stationery Office |
| A summary of the report elaborated by the NAO regarding the privatisation of bus transport companies. The report concludes that overall the sale was managed effectively and shed some insight in the importance of addressing some specific concerns in similar processes such as the importance of clear specification of the purpose of a benchmark valuation; the need for careful consideration of the issues involved in linking success fees for advisers to benchmark valuations; and, where privatisations are handled by nationalised industries or other public sector businesses, how far departments should be made aware of all their material cost factors. |
| ISBN: 0102610967 |
| UK |
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