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`Studies in Urban Transport` is a collection fo revised version of the papers already publiseh din various popular and specialized Journals in India and abroad. The sixteen papers selected in this volume wre devoted to study the reasons behind inefficiency and financial maladies that the owners of the dominant urban transport modes suffer from and suggest some meaningful remedial measures. In the process some theoretical questions relating to planning, pricing, subsidy, criteria for judging efficiency of performance,were encountered and sorted out for both public and private undertakings, giving regard to their respective objectives. The problems of coordination fo modes and urban land-use, which are major concerns of the planners and administrators in a multi-modal transportation system, have also been dealth with in one of those papers.
About Author :
Dr. Dilip Halder, President, National Institute of Transport and Urban Environmental Studies (NITUES) and the Guest Faculty of the Institute of Business Management,National Council Education, Bengal, is the former Professor of Economics (Transport) and Head of the Department of Economics, jadavpur University. He is the founder Coordinator of the Centre for Transport Studies, Jadavpur University. He authored and edited ten books on Transport Economics and Socio-Economic Problems, and published hundred and fifty papers in various national and international journals.
Contents :List of Tables
Contents of Maps, Figures and Diagrams
Preface
Foreword
Abbreviations
About the Contributors
Public Versus Private Transport Agencies in Calcutta
The Calcutta State Transport Corporation (CTSC): An Evaluation of Its Performance
Financial Performance of the CSTC Compared with Private Operators
Major Problems of Mini Bus
Management and Performance of Mini Bus
The Chartered Bus in Calcuta
Calcutta Tramways: Prosepcts & Retrospects
Have Rickshaws Outlived Their Necessity in Calcutta
The Tube Rail in Calcutta at Its Planning Stage
Impact of Tube Rail in Calcutta: Assessed at Its Planning Stage
What the Traffic Will Bear in Calcutta
Observed Demand and Preference Pattern of Travel Modes
Expenditure Behaviour of the Public Transport Users in Calcutta
Selection of Target Group From Those Performing Journey to Work
The Fare Structures of Cycel and Auto Rickshaw
Co-Ordination with the Context
Findings of the Studies Put Together
Bibliography
Index ISBN - 9788189640453
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Pages : 353
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