OPTIMAL TRANSIT PRICES UNDER INCREASING RETURNS TO SCALE AND A LOSS CONSTRAINT

The optimal/pricing for transport on different modes uses as examples the Bay Area Rapid Transit and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit which provide rail transit and bus service, respectively, to a portion of the San Francisco region. The welfare maximization process developed by Bioteux for the French National Railways is followed by a modal choice procedure to estimate marginal and average costs. The cost estimates are used to estimate prices which should be charged by BART and AC Transit.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research sponsored in part by grants from the National Science Foundation.
• Corporate Authors:

  London School of Economics and Political Science

  Houghton Street, Aldwych
  London WC2A 2AE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Train, K
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 185-194
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: University of Bath
  • ISSN: 0022-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.jtep.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Bus transit; Competition; Fares; Modal split; Pricing; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation modes; Transportation planning; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Old TRIS Terms: Analytical techniques; Bus services
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157963
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 31 1981 12:00AM