Accounting for emissions in the measurement of transit agency efficiency: A directional distance function approach

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Starr McMullen, B ^a   Noh, Dong Won ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea Energy Economics Institute (KEEI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DEA; Directional distance function; Efficiency; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; EFFICIENCY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VEHICLES;

DIRECTIONAL DISTANCE FUNCTION; TRANSIT AGENCY EFFICIENCY; VEHICULAR EMISSIONS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

BUS TRANSPORT; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845881416     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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