A governance reform proposal : improving bus transit operations in Los Angeles
By: CHEN, Xueming
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Contributor(s): WIKSTROM, Nelson.
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ArticlePublisher: Philadelphia : Routledge, August 2009International Journal of Public Administration - IJPA 32, 10, p. 868-897Abstract: This article examines key governing issues related to Los Angeles transit operations. The study uses empirical data from the National Transit Database and personal interviews conducted with transit agency officials. Based on technical analysis and evolution, the authors call for empowering council of governance and small cities to address interagency/intersector coordination and political equity issues, down-sizing the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Headquarters and strengthening autonomy of the "Services Sectors" to better streamline transit operation issues, abolishing small municipal transit operators to refine bus fleet size distribution, and enhancing transit service privatization to yield a better cost efficiency.
This article examines key governing issues related to Los Angeles transit operations. The study uses empirical data from the National Transit Database and personal interviews conducted with transit agency officials. Based on technical analysis and evolution, the authors call for empowering council of governance and small cities to address interagency/intersector coordination and political equity issues, down-sizing the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Headquarters and strengthening autonomy of the "Services Sectors" to better streamline transit operation issues, abolishing small municipal transit operators to refine bus fleet size distribution, and enhancing transit service privatization to yield a better cost efficiency.
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