THE MEASUREMENT OF PRODUCTIVITY IN RAIL TRANSPORTATION

Output per manhour in the railroad industry as measured heretofore contains an upward bias, primarily because of the output measure used, ton miles. A new measure of production is developed using car miles, carloads, and train miles. Manhours are then developed associated with each output measure and a weighted index developed. The results indicate a level of output per manhour lower than usually assumed, and lower than for industry as a whole.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contributed by the Intersociety Committee on Transportation for presentation at the Intersociety Conference on Transportation, Denver, Colo., Sept. 23-27, 1973.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

  Two Park Avenue
  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Authors:
  • BANNER, P H
• Publication Date: 1973-9

Media Info

• Pagination: 5 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Productivity
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051406
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ASME Journal of Mechanical Engineering
• Report/Paper Numbers: 73-ICT-73 Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 9 1974 12:00AM