Accounting for Air Pollution Emissions and Transport Policy in the Measurement of the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Bus Transits

Publication Date

3-21-2019

Document Type

Article

Organizational Units

Josef Korbel School of International Studies, International Studies

Keywords

Efficiency, Effectiveness, Network DEA, Undesirable outputs, Air pollution emissions, Transfer policy

Abstract

This study presents a two-stage network performance evaluation model that determines the efficiency and effectiveness of bus transit systems. The model accounts for non-storable service features, undesirable outputs, and transport policy factors. The Taipei bus transit system is presented as an empirical case to measure the performance of bus transits with and without consideration of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and the transfer of riders. The results show that CO2 emissions and the transfer of riders are important factors for a performance evaluation model. Failure to include these results in an incomplete evaluation. Rather than focusing solely on marketable outputs, government agencies and managers must consider undesirable outputs or transport policy factors that relate to bus transits when measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of bus transits.

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