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082			_aP TH-2222 _bWAR
100			_aWarrier, Anupama (PP0001116) _962957
245		0	_aAssessment of bus transportation systems of Kerala : a case study of Kochi (Also available on CD)
260			_c2018
300			_axvii,12-142,CD-ROM
505			_aCONTENTS Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 13 1.1 Background of study 13 1.2 Aim 14 1.3 Objectives 15 1.4 Research Design 15 1.5 Methodology 16 1.6 Approaches towards objectives 17 1.7 Scope and Limitations 20 1.7.1 Scope 20 1.7.2 Limitations 21 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 23 2.1 Bus Transportation as a system 23 2.1.1 ‘System’ in bus transportation systems 23 2.1.2 Characteristics of the bus transportation system: 24 2.2 Privatisation of Public Transport 26 2.2.1 Types of Privatisation 26 2.3 Cycles of privatisation 28 2.4 Forms of Public transportation in various cities 28 3 BUS TRANSPORTATION IN INDIA 37 3.1 POLICIES AND FINANCING OF BUS TRANSPORT IN INDIA 37 3.2 PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT MEASURES 37 3.2.1 Definition of performance assessment 37 3.2.2 Indicators to measure Performance efficiency of Bus systems .. 37 3.3 SERVICE LEVEL BENCHMARKS 39 3.3.1 Defining Service Level Benchmarks 39 3.3.2 Relevance of SLB in Kochi context: 40 3.3.3 Public Transport Indicators 40 4 INTRODUCTION OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN KOCHI 41 4.1 Introduction 41 4.2 Introduction to Kochi 41 4.2.1 History of Kochi 41 4.2.2 Early planning efforts of Kochi 42 4.3 Transportation in Kochi 43 4.4 Various transportation systems existing in Kochi 43 4.4.1 Mass Transport systems 44 4.4.2 Sub urban rail services 45 4.4.3 Water transportation systems 45 5 SYSTEMS OF BUS TRANSPORTATION 49 5.1 Evolution of State bus transportation in Kerala 49 5.2 Institutional setup and organisational structure of KSRTC services 50 5.3 Fare structure of KSRTC 50 5.4 Evolution of timeline of bus transportation services in Kochi 52 5.4.1 Early services: 1938-1949 52 5.4.2 Emergence of Travancore Cochin Transport Department: 1949-1965 54 5.4.3 Emergence of changes: 1965 - 1990 58 5.4.4 Trajectory in 1990-2005 60 5.4.5 The final phase: 2006-2016 62 5.5 Observations 62 5.5.1 Growth and decline of bus operators 63 5.5.2 National Factors 66 5.5.3 State level factors 69 5.5.4 Local level factors 71 5.5.5 Overall comparison of fleet size with ridership 75 6 EXISTING ASSESSMENT OF BUS TRANSPORTATION 79 6.1 KSRTC/KURTC services 79 6.1.1 Thiru Kochi services 79 6.1.2 Ordinary services 80 6.1.3 KURTC services 80 6.2 Private Services 81 6.3 Comparative analysis of Physical parameters 82 6.3.1 Methodology adopted for analysis 82 6.4 Comparative analysis 83 6.4.1 Capacity 83 6.4.2 Serviceability 85 6.4.3 Safety 87 6.4.4 Productivity 89 6.5 Observations 91 6.6 ASSESSMENT OF LEVEL OF SERVICE ACHIEVED BY OPERATORS 92 6.6.1 Broad level of analysis of parameters 92 6.6.2 Analysis across time, comfort and cost 93 6.6.3 Analysis of time, comfort and cost across gender 98 6.6.4 Analysis of time, comfort and cost across age 100 6.6.5 Analysis of trip pattern with mode preferred, level of comfort and cost levels 104 7 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 109 7.1 Conclusion 109 7.2 Recommendations 110 7.3 Future scope of study 111 8 References 113 9 Appendix 119
700			_aSinha, Shalini (Guide) _963561
890			_aIndia
891			_aFP-PG
891			_a2016 Batch