Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

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Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

Chapter 8

Resource Needs for Public Transport

8.1 Financial performance of public transport organiza-

tions

Financial performance of any public transport organization depends upon the revenue it

generates on the basis of operations and how much it needs to spend on various inputs

in running the organization. The revenue stream of bus undertakings mainly include two

sources namely ticket sales and advertisement revenue on buses and other bus-related in-

frastructure. However the major share to the extent of 96 to 97 percent is contributed ...