[sustran] fwd: city bus subsidy policy question

[SUSTRAN Resource Centre]

Dear colleagues and friends

I have received a request for information from Taipei. I was not able to
help in any detail myself but I have obtained Yu-han Lin's permission to
pass on the request to sustran-dicsuss and utsg.  If you reply to the list,
please cc your reply to Yu-han Lin as well.


>
>Dr.Barter,
>
>I am Yu-han Lin, working for the Bureau of Transportation in Taipei city
>government.   
....
>
>With advent of Mass Rapid Transportation System (MRT), city bus companies
>face to a tremendous change in route-operating.    They  compete with each
>other for the connecting routes with MRT and are comparatively apathetic to
>the low-occupancy ones.   To keep the services and provide more access to
>the residents, a sound and effective bus subsidy policy is in urgent.
>
>I need to get mass transit policies from other cities in order to take their
>experiences as references.  Hence I am willing to know if I can get access
>to the data you have.   Since I need to present a draft of city bus subsidy
>policy in early September, please reply my e-mail as soon as you are
>convenient.  Your help is very much appreciated.
>
>Thanks for your time and patience.  
>
>Best regards,
>
>Yuhan Lin
>UCLA graduate (Policy Studies)
>summer intern of BOT
>Phone: 886+2+27488822 ext. 317
>Fax: 886+2+27486600
>E-mail:carol at ms1.thi.com.tw
>


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