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Partnerships between operators and public transport authorities. Working practices in relational contracting and collaborative partnerships

Hrelja, Robert; Rye, Tom; Mullen, Caroline

Authors

Robert Hrelja

Tom Rye

Caroline Mullen



Abstract

Recent research on public transport has seen increasing focus on issues like coordination, collaboration and steering in complex governance settings. One of the themes in this field of research is related to partnership approaches, as one way of stimulating functioning collaboration between formally independent private and public organisations. The aim of this paper is to explore the role and function of partnerships as a way of supporting well-functioning public transport networks and services in fragmented institutional settings. The empirical focus is on partnerships between operators and public (transport) authorities in two different legal settings: England and Sweden. The analysis is based on interviews with operators and public transport authorities in two metropolitan regions in each country where innovative partnership working has been developed to deal with various types of barriers to delivering better public transport. The results show the key qualities of these partnerships that are required for them to function. Although the regulatory contexts are very different, the partnership qualities are very similar in both cases.

Citation

Hrelja, R., Rye, T., & Mullen, C. (2018). Partnerships between operators and public transport authorities. Working practices in relational contracting and collaborative partnerships. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 116, 327-338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2018.06.032

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 21, 2018
Online Publication Date Jun 30, 2018
Publication Date 2018-10
Deposit Date Jun 27, 2018
Publicly Available Date Jul 1, 2019
Journal Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Print ISSN 0965-8564
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 116
Pages 327-338
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2018.06.032
Keywords collaboration; public transport; relational contracting; governance, organisation
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1236866

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