Open AccessEfficiency of the public and private bus transport sectors in Sri Lanka
Author(s) -
Perera Manisha H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of advanced transportation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2042-3195
pISSN - 0197-6729
DOI - 10.1002/atr.5670260103
Subject(s) - productivity , public transport , sri lanka , economic efficiency , revenue , business , competition (biology) , private sector , transport engineering , public sector , efficiency , environmental economics , economics , engineering , finance , economic growth , microeconomics , mathematics , economy , statistics , socioeconomics , ecology , estimator , biology , tanzania
The public and private bus sectors are in direct competition in most bus routes in Sri Lanka. Consequently, Sri Lanka is an ideal location to study their relative efficiencies. Five dimensions of transit performance are analyzed for comparing the relative efficiencies of the two sectors: cost efficiency, labour efficiency, input efficiency, revenue generation and safety. Productivity ratios are utilized for measuring the dimensions of transit performance. The productivity ratios for cost efficiency, labour efficiency in terms of total staff, input efficiency, revenue generation and safety in terms of accidents per bus showed the private bus transport sector to be more efficient than the public bus transport sector.