Urban Transit Provision in Ontario: a Public/Private Sector Cost Comparison

Harry Kitchen
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Harry Kitchen: Trent University

Public Finance Review, 1992, vol. 20, issue 1, 114-128

Abstract: This article finds statistically significant higher per-unit costs of delivering urban transit services through the public sector when compared with the private sector. This differential, it is suggested, is partially explained by lower hourly wages for transit operators (drivers) and greater vehicle use in privately contracted systems.

Date: 1992
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DOI: 10.1177/109114219202000108

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