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COST INCREASES, COST DIFFERENCES, AND PRODUCTIVITY OF TRANSIT OPERATIONS IN NEW YORK STATE

Public transit operations in New York State were analyzed to explore transit costs and operational productivity. Three transit systems were examined over time to determine what cost component(s) are causing the rapid increases in operating cost which have occurred in the past seven years. Twelve bus operations were analyzed to explore why some transit operations cost more to operate than others, and if similar transit operations are equally productive. The results showed that employee costs (wage and salary, pension, and other employee-related costs) constitute 70-90% of all operating costs, and that increases in employee costs are almost entirely responsible for past increases in operating cost. Increases in fuel, power, and other non-employee related costs were found to have little effect on operating cost increases. Differences in operating cost per vehicle-mile between operations are accounted for by differences in average vehicle speed, employee average earnings, and in some cases productivity. Cost savings of between 8% to 19% could be obtained by increasing the average vehicle speed of a bus operation by 1 mph. Operating speed is generally not very difficult to produce substantial improvements in operating speed. /Author/

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  • Features: Figures; References;
  • Pagination: 31 p.

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00179041
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Report/Paper Numbers: Res. Rpt. 110
  • Files: TRIS, STATEDOT
  • Created Date: Jul 29 1982 12:00AM