Efficiency measurement in public transport: Are findings specification sensitive?

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 392-402

  Karlaftis, Matthew G ^a   Tsamboulas, Dimitrios ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Production functions; Transit costs; Transit efficiency; Transport performance

Indexed keywords

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PUBLIC POLICY; SPECIFICATIONS;

EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; PRODUCTION FUNCTION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSIT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE; TRANSIT SYSTEMS; TRANSPORT PERFORMANCE;

EFFICIENCY;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EUROPE;

EID: 82155203024     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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