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Competition in Rail Transport: A New Opportunity for Railways?
Full text linkThroughout Europe, and in many other parts of the world, railways are suffering from declining market share and deteriorating financial performance; consequently there is renewed interest in deregulation and the introduction of competition into rail transport as a way of improving performance. An EC Directive now provides for access to rail infrastructure for third parties to run their own international trains in some circumstances. After a long debate, the British Government in July 1992 published a White Paper (New Opportunities for the Railways) which aimed to go much further. It would both open access to the infrastructure for any licensed operator and franchise out existing passenger services via a competitive bidding process; all freight services would be privatised outright. Draft legislation to implement these proposals, as well as a string of consultation documents on details have also been published, and an Interim Report from the Select Committee of Members of Parliament examining the proposals has appeared.
This paper review the debate that is currently raging over the British government proposals. It considers the potential for innovation and cost savings which they offer, as well as the problems of increased transactions costs, lack of competitive bidding and other potential inefficiencies of the new system. The key issue of the charging regime for access to the infrastructure is also addressed. It is concluded that competition in the provision of freight services is desirable, but that passenger services present many more problems, and that the proposals need modification if they are to meet their objectives
The policy debate in Britain
No full textThis paper considers the arguments for and against alternative methods of rail privatization in Great Britain. Economic characteristics of the railway industry are discussed and the reasons why governments intervene in the rail sector are examined. Empirical evidence on economies of scale and the impacts of the methods of organization on the efficiency of the rail industry are examined. The current proposals for organizational and regulatory reform for British Rail are examined in the light of this evidence. The authors conclude that problems identified with all the possible methods of privatization suggest that the government should proceed cautiously on privatization. Access to infrastructure for private operators and franchising of services should be key elements in privatization policy
Nash, C O, WX17363
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/407217Surname: NASH. Given Name(s) or Initials: C O. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: WX17363. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 33647.248591
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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Longer term issues in transport: the proceedings of a research conference sponsored by the Department of Transport
No full textThis publication comprises a collection of papers presented to a conference organized by the Department of Transport in 1990, covering the developments likely to influence the pattern of transport over the next decade and beyond. They do not consider policy remedies as such but look at the data and techniques to cope with future uncertainties including the interaction between different modes, land-use transport interaction, techniques of evaluation and modelling, appraisal of environmental effects and developments in passenger and freight transport. It is hoped that the papers will stimulate research in the department and other organization
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Bonding work: Spacing relations through pregnancy apps
Full text linkThis is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Hamper, J. and Nash, C. (2021), Bonding work: Spacing relations through pregnancy apps. Trans Inst Br Geogr. Accepted Author Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12446, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12446. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions
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