Some Valuable Learning of London's and Seoul's Experience in Public Transport Reform

Abstract

This paper intends to study the reform of public bus transport services, and in this case both London and Seoul experiences. The study will star with briefly reviews of the reforms in those two countries respectively, and then discuss some key points of the reforms in order to derive some valuable learning of those two countries reforms experiences. The discussion will be constrained and more focus on the regulatory framework in the provision of public bus transport service, since it will determine the way of planning and operating of public transport service provided. The results of the study could be important consideration in doing public transport reform in order to increase the efficiency and the quality of public bus service provision to communities.