COST SAVINGS FROM ONE-MAN OPERATION OF BUSES: A RE-EVALUATION

Estimated cost savings resulting from conversion of UK bus routes to one-man operation were reported by Brown and Nash in 1972. A reduction in operating costs by an average of 13.7% were reported. This article is intended to show that by a replication of this study using more recent data, multi-collinearity is revealed. This may have been severe enough to produce an unreliable estimate of the savings of conversion to one-man operation. A revised version of the Brown and Nash regression model is presented which eliminates problems associated with multi-collinearity. This analysis shows that one-man operation reduced operating costs by 15.6%. A rejoinder by Nash and Brown is included. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  London School of Economics and Political Science

  Houghton Street, Aldwych
  London WC2A 2AE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Boyd, C W
• Publication Date: 1981-1

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 59-67
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: University of Bath
  • ISSN: 0022-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.jtep.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Bus transportation; Buses; Costs; Data analysis; Economic factors; Economics; Errors; Forecasting; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Operating costs; Personnel; Public transit; Regression analysis; Routes; Transportation; Transportation operations; Transportation planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost analysis; One
• Old TRIS Terms: Transportation administration
• ITRD Terms: 1272: Bus; 263: Economics of transport; 6440: Error; 132: Forecast; 6473: Mathematical model; 9054: One; 221: Operating costs; 102: Personnel; 744: Public transport; 6588: Regression analysis
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I10: Economics and Administration; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00334116
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 15 1982 12:00AM