In the study, the objectives of the agreements between the Icelandic road and coastal administration and the Federation of municipalities were the basis of the research question, but the research question was how the transfer of public transport by state to regional organizations had succeeded by the agreements made by the state government with local government associations.
Í rannsókninni voru markmið samninga Vegagerðarinnar og landshlutasamtakanna grunnur rannsóknarspurningarinnar en spurt var hvernig tilfærsla almenningssamgangna frá ríki til landshlutasamtaka hafi tekist með þeim samningum sem ríkivaldið gerði við landshlutasamtök sveitarfélaga.