Unbundled fleet Provision, bus O&M:Fleet provision contracts for buses have borrowed lessons from the airline and railway sectors. Unbundled concessions for fleet provision and fleet operation: Public sector awards different private independent concessions for fleet provision and fleet operation. As of 2018, the city is structuring fleet provision contracts for as much as 2,700 buses for up to 4 fleet providers. Political economy of private operators: Designing an unbundled fleet provision scheme can change the perception of the attractiveness of the business. As you see, unbundled bus provision and operation schemes might be suitable for cities seeking to upgrade their (formal or informal) bus systems, despite the need for a more sophisticated contractual framework.

Source: Sunday Times August 29, 2018 01:52 UTC