ABSTRACT

Computer in the public transport industry: method adopted by the Midland Red Bus Company for compiling vehicle performance and route revenue statistics* (in Data process. . vol. 4, Apr./June 1962, pp. 74-83)

Discusses the need for the management of public transport organization to possess up-to-date records of the performance of individual vehicles and the profitability of the route over which they operate in order to run the company with efficiency·

Operation Costs

Economies of scale in bus transport: an Indian case study, by R.K. Saggar, (in Bull. Oxf. univ· inst· stat.. vol. 30(4), Nov. 19 68, pp. 341-346)

Tables : The cost of operation by size of fleet cost per vehicle mile; 2, The cost of operation by monthly mileage cost per vehicle mile# Discusses the development of motor transport in Indian States with special reference to Punjab·

6 Chronological Years, 1971-1973

Costs

An analysis of labour turnover costs in the bus industry, by A. Metcalf, (in Public Road Transport Analysis. Proceedings of the Planning and Transport Research and Computation Company, symposium. 1970» London: Univ. College, 1 9 7 1 , pp. 65-69)

Cost savings from one-man operations of buses, by R.H. Brown and C.A. Nash· (in J. transp. econ. polic.. vol· 6 (3 ), Sept. 1 9 7 2, pp. 281-284)

Topical Headings: The data; Results# Tables : 1, Sample characteristics; 2, Time paths of variables for 37 corporations·

Intercity bus transport in West Paksistan: entrepreneurs in an environment of uncertainty, by R.E. Burns· (in J. transp, econ. polic.. vol. 5(3)* Sept. 1971» PPo 314-343)

A survey on privately owned buses which includes the short term costs, medium term costs and long term costs·

Passenger transport: manpower planning and operating costs, by H.C. Advni. (in Transp. [Indian], Nov. 1971, PP· 13 -16)

1807 A system of route costing for the bus industry, by R.C. Edwards, (in Chart# inst. transp* .i. # Nov* 1971» PP· 271 -282)

1808 Swooshing the money out of buses, by J . Lyndall. (in Fleet owner. Dec. 1971» PP· ^7-50)

Finance