World Bank Tranportation PPP Toolkits

The World Bank developed and collected a range of transportation toolkits on the establishment of public-private partnerships (PPPs) in general transport, urban passenger transport, roads, railways and ports. They can be accessed here.

Considering low-carbon transport, the toolkits on light rail, bus rapid transit and railways are especially relevant.

Light Rail

Private Sector Participation in Light Rail – Light Metro Transit Initiatives 

This toolkit informs about PPP arrangements for the development of effective light-rail metro transit (LRMT) systems. It gives an overview over specific options and points out to practical challenges that may occur in the preparation and implementation of new LRMT PPP schemes. The toolkit aims to provide guidance on the development of light-rail metro transit (LRMT) PPPs in both developed and developing countries. It is targeted at government and public authorities and is intended to support them making decisions that consider local policy and objectives.

Topics: public-private partnerships, private finance, light rail, urban mobility
Document Type: Toolkit
Name of the Document:  Private Sector Participation in Light Rail – Light Metro Transit Initiatives
Authors: Cledan Mandri-Perrott (with Iain Menzies), Public-Private Advisory Facility (PPIAF)
Organisation: World Bank Group
Year: 2010
Number of Pages: 324
Language: English

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Bus Rapid Transit

Urban Bus toolkit

This toolkit aims to assist government officials and policy makers in assessing existing and alternative urban bus systems in developing and transitional countries. It provides practical recommendations to implement fundamental system reforms.

Topics: public-private partnerships, private finance, BRT, urban mobility
Document Type: Toolkit
Name of the Document:  Urban Bus Toolkit
Organisation: World Bank Group, Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF)
Year: 2007
Language: English

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Toolkit for Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Transport – Maharashtra, India + Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) – Toolkit for feasibility studies

This toolkit intends to support public entities in Maharashtra, India in developing PPPs urban bus transport projects. It includes case studies and detailed term sheets for the different PPP options that aim to facilitate the drafting of contracts. Terms sheets are provided for (a) cost-plus contracts and net-cost contracts (typically lease contracts) where the private sector owns, operates and maintains the buses while the public authority collects the revenue, (b) licensing contracts (typically operation & maintenance contracts) where the buses are owned by the public authority and the private party operates and maintains the buses and collect the revenue, and (c) a bus depot contract (design-build-operate contract) as well as (d) a monorail operation and maintenance contract

Topics: public-private partnerships, private finance, buses, urban mobility, BRT
Document Type: Toolkit
Name of the Document:  Toolkit for Public-Private Partnerships in Urban Bus Transport – Maharashtra India
Organisation: ADB
Year: 2011
Number of Pages: 142
Language: English

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Railways

Railway concessioning toolkit

This toolkit aims to describe the method and all value-determining instruments for the concession of a railway. It contains a model concession contract for railways in a civil law system (commentary on the model concession contract).

Topics: public-private partnerships, private finance, railway, urban mobility
Document Type: Toolkit
Name of the Document: A railway concessioning toolkit
Organisation: World Bank Group (Sub-Saharan Africa Transport Policy Program The World Bank and Economic Commission for Africa)
Year: 2003
Number of Pages: 169
Language: English, French

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Railway Reform: A Toolkit for Improving Rail Sector Performance 

This toolkit contains a set of good practices and selected case studies that might support in the planning and implementation of railway reforms. It is draws from international experience with railway reforms in different organisational forms of railways – public authorities, state-owned or private companies.

Topics: public-private partnerships, private finance, railway, urban mobility
Document Type: Toolkit
Name of the Document: Railway reform: A Toolkit for Improving Rail Sector Performance
Organisation: PPIAF
Year: 2017
Number of Pages: 169
Language: English, French, Spanish, Russian

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