Analysis of the operational performance of European urban rail transport networks: production efficiency and effectiveness

• Tipo: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
• Data: 2010

Autores

António Lobo (Autor) FEUP; António Couto (Autor) FEUP

Ata de Conferência Internacional

Título: Selected Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Transport Research

Páginas: 1-22

12th World Conference on Transport Research

Lisboa, Portugal, 11 a 15 de Julho de 2010

Indexação

ISI Proceedings

Classificação Científica

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia > Engenharia civil ; Ciências Sociais > Economia > Economia dos transportes

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Engenharia civil

Outras Informações

Abstract (EN): This paper focuses on the analysis of the operational performance of a number of European metro systems by adopting a production function approach. To begin with, this study analyses the estimate of the inputs elasticities of the optimal production function. Next, it studies the efficiency and effectiveness levels of each company, by analysing service supplied and demand characterizing indicators, respectively. For these two purposes, stochastic production frontier models have been applied. Due to the fact that production effectiveness is influenced by the social-economic environment of the urban areas on which the metro systems operate, the influence of these external effects on effectiveness is estimated by regressing the effectiveness results on external variables. In addition, internal effects on effectiveness are evaluated.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 22