[sustran] [sustran] Re: Bus / Public Transport reading list?

[Antony J Plumbe]

Alan,

I suggest you look at Hugh McLintock's Planning Bibliographies 
accesssible at the University of Nottingham. For buses the URLs are:

http://omni.ac.uk:8099/0x80f3d2fe_0x00041242  and

http://omni.ac.uk:8099/0x80f3d2fe_0x00095491

The contents are UK oriented but do contain some overseas material. 
Some of the items may be difficult to obtain in Saudi Arabia. 

A text which is helpful regarding UK tendering practices (but is 
probably out of print now) is:

Huntley, PG. Tendering and Local Bus Operation; The Practical Handbook. 
Croner Publications Ltd., Kingston upon Thames, 1989. ISBN 1854520059.

Tony Plumbe

On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 06:28:50 -0700 Todd Litman <litman at vtpi.org> wrote:

> 
> A book that puts public transit into the context of urban planning and
> development is  Vukan R. Vuchic, "Transportation for Livable Cities," URP
> Books (http://www.policy.rutgers.edu/cupr. It's more about planning than
> operations, but may be helpful for developing strategic goals and political
> support.
> 
> At 01:36 PM 09/27/2000 +0300, you wrote:
> >I am looking for help.
> >
> >We have a new CEO here at SAPTCO. The company being a parastatal (mainly
> >privately owned, mainly government controlled) it is not surprising that he
> >has come from the Saudi Ministry of Finance. He is an Engineer (I think) and
> >he knows nothing about Buses or Public Transport, beyond what any
> >intelligent man-in-the-street knows.
> >
> >He wants me to find him some suitable reading material to fil this gap.
> >Ilhamdul'illah! SAPTCO has 2,600 buses, roughly split between (profitable)
> >Inter-City operation and (loss-making) urban operation. the latter has
> >suffered considerable management neglect of late. (We are now carrying about
> >10% of the traffic we were 18 years ago, with roughly the same size fleet!
> >Admittedly, our contract business had increased significantly - until this
> >summer, when we lost most of it. Eggs and Baskets come to mind.)
> >
> >What I am looking for is a recent book that gives adequate coverage to the
> >business side of bus operation. It should preferably not be restricted to a
> >particular country, but should look at the revolution in bus operation
> >typified by Deregulation and Privatisation in the UK. The message I am
> >looking to convey is that buses can provide an urban transport system that
> >is well-organised and of good quality, without incurring enormous subsidies.
> >
> >It needs to balance the totally-free-market approach against the
> >totally-planned approach.
> >
> >Does anyone know of a suitable work? Or alternatively, is there on the Web a
> >(Public) Transportation book list? the only title I have come up with so far
> >is Peter White's "Public Transport - Its Planning, Management and
> >Operation". I have to admit that I haven't read it (but I will buy it!), but
> >from what I know it is very UK, and looks from the academic rather than
> >business standpoint.
> >
> >All assistance most welcome.
> >
> >--
> >howesap at saptco.com.sa
> >Alan Howes, Special Advisor, Saudi Public Transport Company, Riyadh
> >+966 1 454 5000 ext. 156
> >Personal email: alanhowes at usaksa.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Todd Litman, Director
> Victoria Transport Policy Institute
> "Efficiency - Equity - Clarity"
> 1250 Rudlin Street
> Victoria, BC, V8V 3R7, Canada
> Phone & Fax: 250-360-1560
> E-mail:  litman at vtpi.org
> Website: http://www.vtpi.org

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