[sustran] Curitiba Contacts

[Ronaldo R. Manahan]

Dear Alan and Fellow SUSTRAN Discuss members:

A project I am working on is organizing an observation of the Curitiba
bus-metro system, to be held in mid-October.  We have been trying to locate
contacts involved in the system there, and would appreciate it very much if
we can be directed to the proper agencies / authorities / companies and
contact persons.

Thanks a lot in advance.

Sincerely,
Ronaldo R. Manahan
Transportas Consulting
Philippines

At 19:07 25 09 99 GMT, you wrote:
>What I should have added, is that AFAIK PT in Curitiba runs without
>susbsidy. 

>>Which brings me back to my usual hobby-horse,
>>Curitiba (Brazil).
>>
>>As well as having a splendid "Bus Metro", they have a rather
>>interesting regulatory system. There are several operators, operating
>>on routes and at fares set down by the TA (if I remember correctly -
>>I'm quoting from memory). I am not sure if they are limited in the
>>bus-kms they run - though I guess they are. The clever bit is that the
>>TA collects all the revenue, and allocates it to operators on the
>>basis of bus-kms run. So the operators have an interest in maximising
>>revenue on the system as a whole, but not in competing with other
>>operators for revenue.
>>