Public Transport Planning and Management in Developing Countries

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Economics of Public Transport

The above tables give the total staff, staff per bus values, and effective kms per employee for

different bus undertakings. Every organization presents different staffing rates compared

and in order to give the optimum BSR values its impact on total cost, passenger satisfac-

tion, and patronage should be given due consideration. A national strategy may be more

appropriate in the development of norms for different cost items.

9.3 Estimation of social, economic, and environ-

mental benefits

There is an urgent necessity in India to provide an efficient public transport system suc ...