Pforzheim laat zien: ov kan zonder subsidie

Het slaperige Duitse stadje Pforzheim, tussen Karlsruhe en Stuttgart, veroorzaakte de nodige opschudding in de Duitse ov-wereld toen een vervoerder bereid bleek het stadsnet commercieel te exploiteren, dus zonder subsidie. Is dit het begin van meer?

Keynote address: The public transport market: Challenges in the future governance of public transport

Various free market initiatives nibbling at public transport's traditional markets: mixed effects on "commercial" potential of public transport Technical developments have not yet come to a new equilibrium: more automated, decentralised, tailor-made systems to come, has the potential to solve some social issues Public transport governance (in...