Civic Report No. 30 November 2002

Table 4: Bus Contracting in Europe (Change in Cost Per Kilometer) System Annual Riders at end of period Service Converted  at end of period Change in Cost per Km* Time Period London 1.19 billion 26% -26% 1985–90   1.17 billion 57% -44% 1985–95   1.3 billion 100% -51% 1985–2000 Stockholm 380 million 100% -20% 1991–99 Copenhagen 260 million 100% -25% 1989–94 * operating costs per hour not available for European systems Source: Wendell Cox Consultancy (www.publicpurpose.com) Copenhagen figure provided to authors by Danish transportation officials.

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