ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF INDEPENDENT VANPOOL OPERATIONS

This study analyzes the vanpool market and demonstrates that, for operations with 30 or more vans, returns on invested capital can be high. This is due to high leverage provided by borrowing or leasing vans and the little downside risk to investment capital because vans maintain a high resale value. Therefore, this study concludes, the opportunity is great for more investment capital supplied by third party, independent vanpool operations to compete for a share of the market currently dominated by company-sponsored vanpools.

• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Los Angeles

  Graduate School of Management
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90024

  Federal Energy Administration

  Office of Energy Conservation and Environment
  Washington, DC  United States  20461
• Authors:
  • Copeland, T
• Publication Date: 1976-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 98 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Data collection; Economic analysis; Economic conditions; Feasibility analysis; Finance; Freight transportation; Investments; Market surveys; Markets; Policy; Private enterprise; Questionnaires; Recommendations; Return on investment; Vanpools
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor pools
• Old TRIS Terms: Cargo transportation; Economic surveys
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Freight Transportation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Research; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159242
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: FEA/D-77/014
• Contract Numbers: FEA-P-04-76-3163-0
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1977 12:00AM