[sustran] Lahore Transport Company Revisited

[Hassaan Ghazali]

Friends,

With all due apologies for cross postings, I seek your assistance in a task
which has been assigned by the Honourable Chief Minister of the Punjab to
sort out some of the matters regarding the LTC which was formed earlier this
year.

We are reviewing the Motor Vehicles Ordinance, 1965 and amending them to
enable a sustainable financial and regulatory framework for the public
transport sector.

At this point I have two specific questions which are as follows:

(1) Is there any public transport system in existence which does not rely on
government subsidies or viability gap funding?

(2) If not, are there any examples or case studies of how financing has been
arranged and how this has been reflected in the tendering process for
procurement of buses?

Many thanks in advance.

Hassaan

Institutional Development Specialist
The Urban Unit
Planning & Development Department,
Government of the Punjab

A: 4-B Lytton Road, Lahore, Pakistan
T: 9213579-84 (Ext.116)
F: 9213585
M: 0345 455 6016
Skype: halgazel
http://www.urbanunit.gov.pk

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