Boosting Mass Transit through Entrepreneurship : Going beyond Subsidies to Reduce the Public Transport Funding Gap

Boosting Mass Transit through Entrepreneurship : Going beyond Subsidies to Reduce the Public Transport Funding Gap

Most of the world’s urban mass transit systems cannot cover operating costs, let alone capital expenses, through farebox revenues. On average, 25 percent of metro operating expenditures are not funded by farebox income. With limited public subsidie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pulido, Daniel, Portabales, Irene
Format: Brief
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank Group, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
URBAN TRANSPORT
TARIFFS
PUBLIC SUBSIDIES
USERS
PHONE
TECHNOLOGY
INITIATIVES
PDF
URBAN RAIL SYSTEMS
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
TRANSIT
TRANSIT STATIONS
TRANSPORT FUNDING
PASSENGERS
TRANSIT AGENCIES
INCOME
METRO SYSTEMS
MOBILE PHONE
RAIL SYSTEM
VIDEO
SYSTEMS
FARES
INFORMATION
RAIL SYSTEMS
REVENUES
MASS TRANSIT
JOURNEY
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
PROPERTY
CONSULTANTS
BUSINESS MODELS
PRIVATE SECTOR
PROJECTS
SYSTEM
TAX
CITIES
URBAN MASS TRANSIT
FARE REVENUES
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY
UNDERGROUND
ROAD USER
TUNNEL
TRANSIT AGENCY
INSTITUTIONS
ICT
ADVERTISING
LAND
ROAD
COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES
COSTS
BUSINESS
NETWORK
TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
TRANSIT OPERATIONS
TRANSPORT
TUNNELS
RAIL
TRANSIT AUTHORITY
BUSINESS PLANS
MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS
RAIL LINE
RAIL OPERATORS
REVENUE
PROFIT
TECHNOLOGY LICENSING
COMMUNICATION
FARE REVENUE
BUSINESS MODEL
TRANSIT SYSTEMS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
METRO SYSTEM
URBAN RAIL
COMMUTER RAIL
LAND VALUE
INFRASTRUCTURES
SUBSIDIES
USER
TRANSIT SYSTEM
INFRASTRUCTURE
TAXES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24441417/boosting-mass-transit-through-entrepreneurship-going-beyond-subsidies-reduce-public-transport-funding-gap
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22307

Internet

http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/07/24441417/boosting-mass-transit-through-entrepreneurship-going-beyond-subsidies-reduce-public-transport-funding-gap
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22307

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