preferences for waiting times, travel times, and transfers. We study these tradeoffs by examining the world's largest bus rapid … and aggregate travel flows from smartphone data, we analyze how new direct connections, changes in bus travel time, and … the route launches. Commuters in Jakarta are 2-4 times more sensitive to wait time compared to time on the bus, and …

delivering key services. To understand the productivity both over time and across space, we examine public bus service, which … across transit agencies in the operating cost per bus mile with the highest being more than three times as high as the lowest … result in cost savings of $5.7 billion in 2011 and that the gain in economic efficiency from more closely aligning bus fares …

irresponsive to fuel price changes. To understand this finding, we build a model of bus fleet management decisions of local transit … purchasing buses primarily from a few domestic bus makers. Unlike private vehicles, the fuel economy of public buses is … agencies that yields testable hypotheses. Our empirical analysis of bus fleet turnover and capital investment suggests that …

towards motor vehicle taxes based on car use. Ownership taxes reduce the number of cars on the road, leaving the price per … trip largely unaffected. Use taxes such as fuel taxes and road use charges decrease the price of trips without necessarily … but have lower variable costs per trip (including convenience costs) then bus trips. Using a calibrated numerical model …

product markets. We find that changes in firms' marginal costs and households' price sensitivity are the primary drivers of …

subsequent reinstatement, of the 5% gasoline sales tax in Illinois and Indiana following a temporary price spike in the spring of …