TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shukla, Vrunda
AU  - Swamy, Shivanand H. M. (Guide)
TI  - Hierarchy and continuum in public transportation systems (Also available on CD)
U1  - P TH-2171 
PY  - 2017///
N1  - CONTENTS  Chapter 1: Introduction  9  1.1 Research question  11  1.2 Aim 11  1.3 Objectives  11  1.4 Methodology  11  1.5 Scope and limitation  12  Chapter 2: Hierarchy and Continuum  13  2.1 Defining hierarchy and continuum  13  2.2 Hierarchy and its types  13  2.3 Interrelationship between the hierarchies  18  2.4 Demand and Supply Side  19  Chapter 3: Urban Public Transportation Systems  21  3.1 Defining modes  21  3.2 Modal characteristics  24  Chapter 4: Establishment of modal hierarchy  27  4.1 Performance parameter  28  4.2 Environment parameter  37  4.3 Social parameter  41  4.4 Economic parameter . 47  4.5 Overall category scoring  51  Chapter 5: Modal threshold  53  5.1 Economies of scale  54  5.2 Operating cost  56  5.3 Cities and their travel characteristics 59  5.4 Trip length frequency distribution  62  5.5 Scales of operating costs  64  5.6 Scales of revenue 65  5.7 Operational viability of modes  67  Chapter 6: Conclusions  72  Chapter 7: Recommendations  74  Bibliography  75
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