Transportation

Buenos Aires-Colonia Bridge (Sequel)

Publication Date: August 01, 1998

This case recounts the work of a special Argentina-Uruguay bi-national commission convened to examine the economics of a proposed bridge that would link the two countries. The bridge being considered by commission officials in the spring of 1996...

Office of the Rail Regulator (Abridged)

Publication Date: March 09, 1998

This case describes the first four years of John Swift's tenure as Britain's Rail Regulator and the issues he faced in the fall of 1997. The post of Rail Regulator had been created by the Railway Act of 1993, as part of a plan to break up and...

Bangkok's Second Stage Expressway

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This transport privatization case describes the political complications that can accompany a privately-funded infrastructure project. The case tells the story of a Japanese construction firm and its relationship with the government of Thailand...

Buenos Aires-Colonia Bridge: The Project

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

This case recounts the work of a special Argentina-Uruguay bi-national commission convened to examine the economics of a proposed bridge that would link the two countries. The bridge being considered by commission officials in the spring of 1996...

Sri Lanka Transport: The Railroad and the Port (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

In 1996, Sri Lanka had a mixed public and private bus system, with about one-third of passengers carried by public companies and two-thirds by private. The private buses were not earning enough from passenger fees to replace their buses and as a...

Sri Lanka Transport: The Bus Industry (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1997

In 1996, Sri Lanka had a mixed public and private bus system, with about one-third of passengers carried by public companies and two-thirds by private. The private buses were not earning enough from passenger fees to replace their buses and as a...

Managing the Underground City: The New York City Transit Authority Reclaims its Subway Stations

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

This is a text-based case that provides the history of the origins and hopes for the station manager program described in the CD-ROM case (1275.9), The New York City Transit Authority Station Manager Program: The Problem at 231st Street." The...

Gainesville Regional Utilities

Publication Date: January 01, 1995

In 1993 the municipally owned utility serving Gainesville, Florida was threatening to build a 23-mile rail spur to connect its coal-fired power plant with the tracks of the Norfolk/Southern Railway. The railroad currently delivering the coal,...

Building the "Super 7" Expressway in Connecticut (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 1, 1991

This case tracks the efforts of the Connecticut Department of Transportation to gain the necessary environmental approvals to build a major new highway. The long, drawn-out process has attracted an array of community and environmental opponents...

Building the "Super 7" Expressway in Connecticut

Publication Date: January 1, 1991

This case tracks the efforts of the Connecticut Department of Transportation to gain the necessary environmental approvals to build a major new highway. The long, drawn-out process has attracted an array of community and environmental opponents...

Reforming the Rabat Bus System (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

This two-part case is based in the situation of La Regie, the public transit system in Morocco's capital city. The case is told from the point of view of an advisor to the country's Ministry of Interior, who must implement a directive from the...

Reforming the Rabat Bus System (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

This two-part case is based in the situation of La Regie, the public transit system in Morocco's capital city. The case is told from the point of view of an advisor to the country's Ministry of Interior, who must implement a directive from the...