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copyright 2002 by the ARTS Consortium. ARTS is a project within the fifth framework programme of the European Union - competitive and sustainal growth.
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 Economic and Socioeconomic barriers include financial barriers which cause hindrance, delays or obstacles in the process of designing/planning and implementing new and more flexible transport services. These barriers include the absence of funding and subsidies for new transport services and their associated infrastructure, along with inadequate knowledge about potentially available financial support. In addition, they include the taxation structure that applies to operators offering transport services. Furthermore this category includes the obstacle created for the introcuction of new services by poor cost-coverage and related problems caused by poor demand in rural areas. |
>> Financing / Funding / Subsidies
>> Cost-Coverage
>> Taxation and Insurances
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Very low cost-coverage of public passenger transport in rural areas has been found in every country investigated. Since the number of inhabitants in rural areas is declining and car ownership is steadily increasing, the demand for public transport continues to decline and consequently the level of cost-coverage of rural public transport will even be lower in the future. However the low cost-coverage of regular services in rural areas is not only seen as a barrier but is stated as an incentive to develop innovative transport systems for rural areas. Improved co-ordination and more effective use of existing recourses might improve the situation.
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