Public Service Obligations (PSOs)

Lucy Budd and Stephen Ison

A chapter in Elgar Encyclopedia of Transport and Society, 2025, pp 284-285 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: A Public Service Obligation (PSO) is an instrument which is used within the European Union (EU) and other deregulated transport markets to ensure that socially desirable public transport services are provided on routes which are not profitable and which would not be operated in a free market without public subsidy. PSOs are applied to many modes of passenger transport namely air, ferries, rail and road. The concept and characteristics of PSOs are explained, and the modes of operation are discussed with reference to specific examples.

Keywords: Public Service Obligations; PSOs; Public transport; Passenger transport; Remote regions; Regional air services; Peripheral regions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035330515
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