Overview

The history of transit system management in the United States has largely been a history of failure--failure to come to grips with the real issues involved and failure to develop effective policies for an efficient and rational system. This book, the first major survey in more than a decade, catalogues management attempts to overcome constraints imposed by external institutional and sociopolitical factors, as well as by internal labor and resource problems. In combining actual case histories with academic insights, it offers managers and consultants the tools to make transit systems work.

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Author:   George M. Guess
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.553kg
ISBN:  

9780313263729

ISBN 10:   0313263728
Pages:   265
Publication Date:   19 January 1990
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Federal Transit Assistance, Management Deregulation, and Local Mobility Needs Elected versus Appointed Boards and Transit Management Effectiveness Local Government Financing of Public Transportation: A Case Study of Georgia Transit Systems Transit Financing: The Case of California Governing and Managing Multimodal Regional Transit Agencies in a Multicentric Era Paying for Public Transportation: The Problem of Operating Deficits at MARTA Financial Forecasting and Annual Budgeting Mass Transit Budgeting The Successful Uses of Decentralized Program Budget in the New York City Transit Authority Monitoring Transit Performance Collective Bargaining in the New York City Transit Authority The Determinants of the Decision to Contract Out Public Transit Services Index

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?This book catalogues management attempts to overcome constraints imposed by external institutional and socio-political factors, as well as by internal labor and resource problems. In combining actual case histories with academic insights, it offers managers and consultants the tools to make transit systems work. The history of transit system management in the United States has largely been a history of failure.?-RPGP

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GEORGE M. GUESS is Associate Professor of Public Administration and Political Science at Georgia State University. He is the author of The Politics of United States Foreign Aid and Cases in Public Policy Analysis. Guess has also written numerous articles appearing in Public Administration Review, Public Budgeting and Finance, Public Administration Quarterly, and International Journal of Public Administration.

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