Publications:

This book evaluates the successes, failures, and factors that influence the competition for public bus transport services.

German public transport services by bus are characterised by a regulatory framework that distinguishes between commercial and non-commercial services.

Public transport agencies (Verkehrsverbünde) are a central part of the market organisation of local public transport services in Germany. But where does the road currently go to?

Empirical Evidence for Tendering Procedures in Germany

Competitive tendering of local bus services in Germany has received increased attention. Employing Seemingly Unrelated Regression analyses, we observe that prices have regionally varying determinants.

Prices for drinking water are subject to increasing scrutiny from the media, public, competition regulators and politicians.

After a long transition period with only a few isolated procedures for competitive tendering, the market for German public transport bus services has seen numerous such tenders in recent years. The...

The paper has been awarded with the Michael Beesley Award - Honorable Mention for best WS Paper at the Thredbo 11 - International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport.

Based on positive experiences in Great Britain and Scandinavian countries, introducing competitive tendering of exclusive contracts was discussed as the preferred way to organise local public...

Confronting the Challenges Presented by a Democratic Society

Based on an analysis of 157 tendering procedures influencing factors for tender prices in Germany will be described. These factors vary between different regions.

Comparing the sustainability of tariff models for waste management companies in the context of demographic change and declining waste volumes.

Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Competition and Ownership in Land Passenger Transport

Current observations and expectations

In order to learn from international best practice, Amtrak has started to benchmark its infrastructure performance and expenditure against a group of European operators.

Competition for licences to operate commercial services exclusively has become more common in Germany in recent years as a study shows.

The regulatory environment for all sectors of public transport in Germany was changed during market reform in the mid-nineties. The political objectives were to introduce competition and thus enhance...

German public transport services by bus are characterized by a regulatory framework that distinguishes between commercial and non-commercial services. This paper shows opportunities for action for...

Based on 30 procedure this book, available in German only, evaluates the market framework, identifies barriers to entry, presents incentives used and deviates success factors for awarding procedures...

Analysis of tender prices and influencing factors based on data provided by the major German public transport agencies RMV, MVV and HVV

An often underestimated risk for public authorities, licensing authorities and businesses.

Based on an analysis of 34 different cases from varying EU member states, this report provides general guidance as to the development and awarding of contracts to operators of public transport

Regional passenger rail services across Germany have increasingly been put out to competitive tender. The approach varies from region to region, as case studies in Hesse and Schleswig-Holstein...

The article discusses the main pitfalls of the specific German awarding procedure "competition for commercial services".

Results of a Germany-wide study.

Results of a nationwide study of fare systems in Germany

Evaluation of the results of competitive tenderng in Germany during the past ten years

On average, less than 50% of German public transport costs are covered by fares alone. In other words, today’s customers bear less than 50% of the costs of public transport, while the remaining 50%...

The importance, effects and framework of public transport competition.

The results of the fare comparison provide an overview of the very different public transport pricing system structures in place around the world, allowing some key conclusions to be drawn.

Les expériences avec les procédures de mise au concours des prestations ferroviaires sont largement positives en Allemagne. Dans les cas d’espèce étudiés, la qualité offerte aux voyageurs s’est...

A holistic approach

Winning a tender in the sector of public transport is risky with respect to the feasibility of suffering unplanned losses.

In comparison to the many years of discussion regarding subsidies, the effects of the Basel II banking regulations on transport companies have barely been assessed. This article is an attempt to...

Report on a Revenue Benchmarking project

The article shows that the economic effects of a rolling stock company are in line with the ideas of regionalisation of Germany’s regional train services, that is, enhancing its service quality and...