The Economic Benefits from Competition in Bus Public Transport - The Israeli Case

摘要: The impact of public bus transportation competition in Israel six years after its 2000 introduction is evaluated this paper. A detailed analysis presented on competition's ridership, level service, and fare for each line cluster put out tender. There estimation contribution to the national economy terms long-term subsidy savings service costs, as are consumer surplus changes. government has so far been reduced by NIS 95 million, while it created an estimated 120 million increase surplus. Together, these figures represent 7% total cost pre-competition. Tendering resulted actual real per bus-kilometer range 18%-46%. was a 7%-58% ridership most clusters.