Examination of Regional Transit Service under Contracting : A Case Study in the Greater New Orleans Region : [Executive Summary]
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2011-03-01
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Abstract:In late 2008, New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA) began to execute a “delegated management” contract with a multinational private firm, in order to not only increase efficiency and effectiveness in operation and maintenance of public transit, but also bring in the private sector expertise in long term planning and financing in the unprecedented level in the U.S. This new contract also created a unique situation in which regional coordination between two adjacent jurisdictions could be improved through the contractor serving both.
This study examined two main research questions: (1) the effect of a “delegated management” contract on the transit service provision within a single system, and (2) the effects of having a single private firm contracted by two different agencies on regional coordination.
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