Beschreibung

This book investigates the link between institutions and public policies with specific reference to transport. It opens by examining the main arguments for the establishment of metropolitan transport authorities. The potential impacts of institutional change on the policy efficiency of institutions are then examined. Key problems for institutional designers are identified, showing how they can hamper the achievement of desired policy outcomes through institutional solutions. Two in-depth case studies on institutional change in metropolitan transport (in London and Barcelona) are presented with a view to testing the aforementioned hypotheses and providing insights into the ways in which the two transport institutions were reformed. The concluding chapter identifies lessons for institutional designers and highlights the policy results that may be expected from the constitution of metropolitan transport authorities.

Autorentext

Simone Busetti is a research fellow at the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and teaches Public Policy Analysis at Organisation Sciences at the University of Milano-Bicocca.

Klappentext

This book investigates the links between institutions and public policies with specific reference to transport. It opens by examining the main arguments for government intervention and regulation of local transport, explaining the case for integrated transport authorities on the basis of literature on transport economics and metropolitan governance. The potential impacts of institutional change on the policy efficiency of institutions are then examined. Key traps for institutional designers are identified, the baseline hypothesis being that all of these traps must be avoided when reshaping institutional settings to achieve desired policy outcomes and solutions. Two in-depth case studies on institutional change in metropolitan transport (in London and Barcelona) are presented with a view to testing the aforementioned hypothesis and providing new insights into the ways in which the two transport institutions in question were reformed. The concluding chapter identifies lessons for institutional designers and highlights the results that may be expected from the constitution of an integrated transport authority.

Inhalt
1 The policy case for metropolitan transport authorities.- 2 Institutions, institutional change and policy outcomes.- 3 The new governance of transport in London.- 4 The metropolitan transport authority of Barcelona (ATM).- 5 Lessons for institutional designers.

Produktinformationen

Titel:	Governing Metropolitan Transport
Untertitel:	Institutional Solutions for Policy Problems
Autor:	Simone Busetti
EAN:	9783319106588
ISBN:	978-3-319-10658-8
Format:	Kartonierter Einband
Herausgeber:	Springer, Berlin
Genre:	Geowissenschaften
Anzahl Seiten:	119
Gewicht:	227g
Größe:	H7mm x B235mm x T155mm
Jahr:	2015
Untertitel:	Englisch
Auflage:	2015