Production costs, congestion, scope and scale economies in urban bus transportation corridors

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 383-403

  Fernández L , J Enrique ^a   de Cea Ch , Joaquín ^a   de Grange C , Louis ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Fernández and De Cea Ingenieros Ltda   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bus congestion; Bus costs; Scale economies; Scope economies; Transray convexity

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FUNCTIONS; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DEMAND STRUCTURES; MICROECONOMIC MODEL; TRANSRAY CONVEXITY; URBAN BUS CORRIDORS;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

BUS TRANSPORT; ECONOMY OF SCALE; PRODUCTION COST; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS;

EID: 17844374635     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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