DEFICIENCIES IN PRESENT METHODS AND THE NEED FOR FURTHER WORK

The paper examines the available methods of costing from the point of view of adding further facilities onto a basic cost categorisation to give different levels of detail as required. The need for the following studies are indicated: how overheads change in the long term, how engineering costs may best be allocated, how statistical crew-cost models might be made applicable to a wide range of organisations and perhaps extended to cover other times of day, week or month and shapes of peak, how the peak should be defined, and how revenue should be analysed and allocated. For covering abstract of this conference see IRRD no. 218056. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)

  Wokingham, Berkshire  United Kingdom 
• Authors:
  • Bly, P H
• Publication Date: 1975

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 100-105

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Cost allocation; Cost engineering; Costs; Days; Economic factors; Economics; Mathematical models; Methodology; Operating costs; Overhead costs; Peak periods; Planning; Public transit; Revenues; Statistics; Tests; Time; Transportation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Allocations; Engineering costs
• ITRD Terms: 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 9007: Day (24 hour period); 263: Economics of transport; 221: Operating costs; 612: Peak hour; 143: Planning; 6255: Test; 5414: Time
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134332
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: TRRL SR 180UC
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1976 12:00AM