State-of-the-Art Review of Urban Rail Transit Public–Private Partnerships

Abstract

With a plethora of major capital and regional centers worldwide being subjected to increasing population levels, there is a need to upgrade and expand the capacity and performance of their urban rail transit (URT) networks and systems. Fiscal constraints, however, have hindered many governments’ ability to fund the construction and operation of URT projects. While there have been numerous studies that have examined the use of public–private partnerships (PPPs) to deliver URT, there has been a paucity of research that has critically reviewed, analyzed, and compared developments in this important and emergent area of transportation procurement. In addressing this void, the authors undertake a state-of-the-art review by performing a systematic scientometric analysis of the extant URT PPP literature to determine gaps in knowledge and identify implications for policy and areas for future research. As a result of performing a state-of-the-art review, the contributions of this paper are twofold: (1) provide the foundations for developing a theoretical framework that can be used by policy-makers to ensure URTs are resilient and adaptable to change; and (2) identify the need for research to examine how land value capture can be used to finance mechanism to ensure the viability of PPPs.

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