Recently I was observing that people are more relying on private vehicles rather than public transport. Indian cities rely predominantly on buses for public transport. The issues of performance measurement and efficiency analyses for the bus company have been gaining significance due to severe operating conditions and financial constraints in which these bus companies provide the service. In this book, scientific analysis of the performance of state road transport units (SRTUs) is carried out at different levels considering physical and financial parameters through multivariate techniques, non-parametric techniques and qualitative techniques. A comprehensive study on all the SRTUs of Karnataka at depot, division level are done and determined which quantitative method is suited for depot level and division level studies. From quantitative and qualitative studies of SRTUs strategies are developed and recommendations are made to improve the performance of SRTUs. Further, in addition to Bangalore metropolitan transport corporation (BMTC) performance analyses, the routes are analyzed to reduce the dead kilometer.

Raviraj H. Mulangi is presently working at National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Manglore, India. He has 14 years of teaching experience. He has obtained his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), from Indian Institute of Science (I.I.Sc.), Bangalore, India. His research area are Traffic management and Public transportation.