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TRANSPORT POLICY
Volume 29, Issue -, Pages 209-218Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2013.06.004
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Consumer satisfaction; Privatization; Deregulation policies; Public transport
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In recent decades, market-opening policies in local public transport (LPT) have impacted most European countries. However, we can observe a high degree of variability in possible LPT arrangements, from public monopolies to open markets. This work addresses the following research question: How does user satisfaction correlate to alternative organisational models of LPT service provision? We use the results of a large survey conducted in 2009 in 33 European cities to analyse the likelihood of satisfaction with standard probit models. Results show that the highest levels of satisfaction correlate with the presence of a single LPT provider, as opposed to an industry structure in which multiple providers operate in the same market area. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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