Reducing depot-related costs of large bus operators a case study in Bangkok

Despite high passenger levels, many bus operators in large cities operate at a loss because of low fares and inefficient operations management. Methods to reduce the operating costs need to be adapted to the operational environment. This paper addresses one such “unproductive” cost: the idle running...

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Published inEuropean journal of operational research Vol. 96; no. 1; pp. 45 - 53
Main Authors Van der Perre, Peter P.G., Van Oudheusden, Dirk D.L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 10.01.1997
Elsevier
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
SeriesEuropean Journal of Operational Research
Subjects
Bus allocation to depots
Bus type planning
Buses
Cost control
Cost reduction
Hierarchical optimisation
Maintenance cost minimisation
Maintenance costs
Mathematical models
Operating costs
Operations management
Operations research
Optimization
Routing
Studies
Transportation industry
Thailand
Bus allocation to depots
Bus type planning
Maintenance cost minimisation
Hierarchical optimisation
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Summary:Despite high passenger levels, many bus operators in large cities operate at a loss because of low fares and inefficient operations management. Methods to reduce the operating costs need to be adapted to the operational environment. This paper addresses one such “unproductive” cost: the idle running of buses between depots and routes. Models are developed to tackle the bus allocation problem in which many different brands of buses exist for which maintenance is organised in the depots. Based on an assessment using 1992 data for the city of Bangkok, a hierarchical modelling approach is retained. It is shown that important cost savings can be made.
ISSN:0377-2217
1872-6860
DOI:10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00059-8