Assessment of bus transportation systems of Kerala : a case study of Kochi (Also available on CD) (Record no. 55157)
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| Classification number | P TH-2222 |
| Item number | WAR |
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| Personal name | Warrier, Anupama (PP0001116) |
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| Title | Assessment of bus transportation systems of Kerala : a case study of Kochi (Also available on CD) |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2018 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvii,12-142,CD-ROM |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | CONTENTS<br/>Contents <br/>1 INTRODUCTION 13 <br/>1.1 Background of study 13 <br/>1.2 Aim 14 <br/>1.3 Objectives 15 <br/>1.4 Research Design 15 <br/>1.5 Methodology 16 <br/>1.6 Approaches towards objectives 17 <br/>1.7 Scope and Limitations 20 <br/>1.7.1 Scope 20 <br/>1.7.2 Limitations 21 <br/>2 LITERATURE REVIEW 23 <br/>2.1 Bus Transportation as a system 23 <br/>2.1.1 ‘System’ in bus transportation systems 23 <br/>2.1.2 Characteristics of the bus transportation system: 24 <br/>2.2 Privatisation of Public Transport 26 <br/>2.2.1 Types of Privatisation 26 <br/>2.3 Cycles of privatisation 28 <br/>2.4 Forms of Public transportation in various cities 28 <br/>3 BUS TRANSPORTATION IN INDIA 37 <br/>3.1 POLICIES AND FINANCING OF BUS TRANSPORT IN INDIA 37 <br/>3.2 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT MEASURES 37 <br/>3.2.1 Definition of performance assessment 37 <br/>3.2.2 Indicators to measure Performance efficiency of Bus systems .. 37 <br/>3.3 SERVICE LEVEL BENCHMARKS 39 <br/>3.3.1 Defining Service Level Benchmarks 39 <br/>3.3.2 Relevance of SLB in Kochi context: 40 <br/>3.3.3 Public Transport Indicators 40 <br/>4 INTRODUCTION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN KOCHI 41 <br/>4.1 Introduction 41 <br/>4.2 Introduction to Kochi 41 <br/>4.2.1 History of Kochi 41 <br/>4.2.2 Early planning efforts of Kochi 42 <br/>4.3 Transportation in Kochi 43 <br/>4.4 Various transportation systems existing in Kochi 43 <br/>4.4.1 Mass Transport systems 44 <br/>4.4.2 Sub urban rail services 45 <br/>4.4.3 Water transportation systems 45 <br/>5 SYSTEMS OF BUS TRANSPORTATION 49 <br/>5.1 Evolution of State bus transportation in Kerala 49 <br/>5.2 Institutional setup and organisational structure of KSRTC services 50 <br/>5.3 Fare structure of KSRTC 50 <br/>5.4 Evolution of timeline of bus transportation services in Kochi 52 <br/>5.4.1 Early services: 1938-1949 52 <br/>5.4.2 Emergence of Travancore Cochin Transport Department: 1949-1965 54 <br/>5.4.3 Emergence of changes: 1965 - 1990 58 <br/>5.4.4 Trajectory in 1990-2005 60 <br/>5.4.5 The final phase: 2006-2016 62 <br/>5.5 Observations 62 <br/>5.5.1 Growth and decline of bus operators 63 <br/>5.5.2 National Factors 66 <br/>5.5.3 State level factors 69 <br/>5.5.4 Local level factors 71 <br/>5.5.5 Overall comparison of fleet size with ridership 75 <br/>6 EXISTING ASSESSMENT OF BUS TRANSPORTATION 79 <br/>6.1 KSRTC/KURTC services 79 <br/>6.1.1 Thiru Kochi services 79 <br/>6.1.2 Ordinary services 80 <br/>6.1.3 KURTC services 80 <br/>6.2 Private Services 81 <br/>6.3 Comparative analysis of Physical parameters 82 <br/>6.3.1 Methodology adopted for analysis 82 <br/>6.4 Comparative analysis 83 <br/>6.4.1 Capacity 83 <br/>6.4.2 Serviceability 85 <br/>6.4.3 Safety 87 <br/>6.4.4 Productivity 89 <br/>6.5 Observations 91 <br/>6.6 ASSESSMENT OF LEVEL OF SERVICE ACHIEVED BY OPERATORS 92 <br/>6.6.1 Broad level of analysis of parameters 92 <br/>6.6.2 Analysis across time, comfort and cost 93 <br/>6.6.3 Analysis of time, comfort and cost across gender 98 <br/>6.6.4 Analysis of time, comfort and cost across age 100 <br/>6.6.5 Analysis of trip pattern with mode preferred, level of comfort and cost levels 104 <br/>7 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 109 <br/>7.1 Conclusion 109 <br/>7.2 Recommendations 110 <br/>7.3 Future scope of study 111 <br/>8 References 113 <br/>9 Appendix 119 <br/> |
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| Personal name | Sinha, Shalini (Guide) |
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| Country | India |
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| Topic | FP-PG |
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| Topic | 2016 Batch |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Faculty of Planning | CEPT Library | CEPT Library | 20/09/2018 | Faculty of Planning | P TH-2222 WAR | 020017 | 20/09/2018 | 20/09/2018 | Thesis |