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Czynniki wyboru modelu świadczenia usługi lokalnego transportu w Polsce
Factors influencing modes of local transport delivery in Poland

Author(s): Justyna Ślawska
Subject(s): Human Geography, Sociology, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: EUROREG - Uniwersytet Warszawski, Regional Studies Association - Sekcja Polska
Keywords: local government; public services; modes of public services delivery; public transport; local transport

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the factors influencing the choice of local transport delivery modes in Poland. It is the first quantitative study conducted on a representative sample of municipalities since the 1990s, and it concerns three service delivery modes: contracting-out, cooperation, and corporatization. Most local governments do not invest their own resources to deliver local transport, but rather act as a private market supply regulator and contract the service out to private enterprises. Some of them act based on functional connections within metropolitan areas, joining forces with other local governments. More affluent and densely populated cities opt for corporatization, which gives them greater political control over the delivery process. The presented results are useful for decision-makers who have to select the mode of local transport service provision, as they characterize the municipalities which, in 2017, chose one of the three analyzed modes.

  • Issue Year: 20/2019
  • Issue No: 78
  • Page Range: 115-139
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: English, Polish