Depot is the most important and crucial operating level unit in Road Transport Corporations. It is here that more than 80 percent of the total manpower and financial resources are invested. Profits and losses are usually determined at depot level on the basis of its operating results. In this...

The main aim of this study is to analyze the level of relative efficiency of State Transport Undertakings (STUs) in India during 2000s. The analysis is based on estimation of a translog cost function using fixed effects model of the panel data method. In the context of this study, the prime...

The prime objective of this paper is to empirically investigate the nature of technological progress in selected STUs. To examine this issue, a translog cost function is estimated jointly with factor share equations subject to required coefficient restrictions by using the method of 'Zellner's...

This paper analyses productivity and profitability performance of publicly owned Urban Bus Companies (UBCs) in India. Annual data for a sample of nine UBCs, for which consistent data are available from 2000-01 to 2010-11, are used for this analysis. We find that there is a wide disparity among...

Until recently the main function of urban bus transport was to satisfy the individual needs of the less affluent members of society, but now it has to contribute for congestion relief and environmental preservation. This requires a fundamental change of emphasis to fulfill its new role of...

Currently, in India, there are sixty-four State Transport Undertakings (STUs) operating in various states, which play a major role in providing short, as well as medium distance passenger mobility. The regulated environment in which STUs operate imposes many qualitative, as well as quantitative...

The main aim of this paper is to forecast the level of rail-, as well as road-based passenger mobility in India up to the year 2015-16. Forecasting is based on estimation of S-shaped growth curves using annual data of the level of passenger mobility from the year 1950-51 to 1995-96. It is found...

The prime objective of this paper is to empirically investigate the nature of scale economies in State Transport Undertakings (STUs) in India on the basis of a sample of medium- and large-size Indian states for which consistent data are available. To examine this issue, a translog cost function...

In this paper, the link between productivity, prices, and profitability are examined for Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) using its annual data from 1979-80 to 1999-00. We find that, by and large, productivity gains achieved by APSRTC are being passed through to...

This study is based on twenty-one State Road Transport Undertakings (STUs), which are selected on the basis of availability of data and volume of their operation. Output (measured in terms of pass.-kms) produced by the sample STUs are usually more than 80 percent of the produced output of all...