Vehicle operating costs : evidence from developing countries. The highway and mantenance standards series.

Chesher, Andrew. Harrison, Robert.

1987

2152
CIENA

0-8018-3588-7

VEHICLE OPERATING COST STUDIES. VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS: THEORY AND ESTIMATION. Vehicle operating costs: theory. Choice of scrapping date. Choice of utilisation and fleet size. The effect of highway conditions on the cost of provision of transportation. Statistical analysis of user cost data. APENDIX: A MODEL FOR VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS. Optimal replacement policy, vehicle value, depreciation, and interest costs. Choice of utilisation and fleet size. The sensitivity of costs to highway conditions. ESTIMATES OF COST COMPONENTS. THE USER COST STUDIES. The background to the studies. Research organisation. The Kenyan study, 1971-75. The Brazilian study, 1975-82. The Caribbean study, 1977-82. The Indian study, 1977-82. Data colection. User cost data. The measurement of hihgway characteristics. VEHICLE SPEEDS. The Brazil speed model. Car and light goods vehicle speeds. Bus speeds. Truck speeds. Medium trucks. Heavy and articulated trucks. Concluding remarks. APPENDIX: VEHICLE SPEED EQUATIONS. Kenya. Caribbean. Brazil. India. FUEL AND LUBRICANT COSTS. Fuel consumption models. Fuel consumption equations and predictions: cars and light goods vehicles. Fuel consumption equations and predictios: buses and trucks. Fuel consumption: concluding remarks. Lubricant costs. APPENDIX A: FUEL CONSUMPTION EQUATIONS AS REPORTED BY THE FOUR STUDIES. Kenya. Caribbean. Brazil. India. APPENDIX B: ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION EQUATIONS AS REPORTED BY THE FOUR STUDIES. Kenya and Caribbean. Brazil. IndiaAPPENDIX C: TABLES OF SPEED AND FUEL CONSUMPTION PREDICTIONS. TIRE COSTS. Tire cost data. Estimation of tire cost equations. Tire consumption: cars and light goods vehicles. Tire costs: buses and trucks. Concluding remarks. APPENDIX: TIRE EQUATIONS AS REPORTED IN THE FOUR STUDIES. Kenya. Caribbean. Brazil. India MAINTENANCE COSTS. Collection of maintenance cost data. Statistical analysis of maintenance cost data. Maintenance parts costs: estimated equations. Maintenance parts costs: cars and light goods vehicles. Maintenace parts cost:buses. Maintenance parts costs: trucks. Maintenance labor costs: estimated equations. The effect of highway geometry on maintenace costs. Concluding remarks. APPENDIX A: MAINTENANCE PARTS EQUATIONS AS REPORTED BY THE FOUR STUDIES. Kenya. Caribbean. Brazil. India. APPENDIX B:MAINTENANCE LABOR EQUATIONS AS REPORTED BY THE FOUR STUDIES. Kenya. Caribbean. Brazil. India. TOTAL VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS. THE CALCULATION OF TRANSPORT COSTS. Relationships between vehicle value and vehicle age. Vehicle utilisation. Depreciation, interest, and maintenance costs. APPENDIX A: RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VEHICLE VALUES AND VEHICLE AGE. Kenya. Caribbean. Brazil. India. APPENDIX B: OPTIMAL VEHICLES LIVES. THE COSTS OF TRANSPORT SERVICES. Costs of provision of transport services. Transferability and use of cost equations. APPENDIX: TABLES OF TOTAL COSTS AND THEIR COMPONENTS. Cost tables calculated by the VA method. Cost tables calculated by the OL method. ANNEX: ACCIDENTS.

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PAISES EN DESARROLLO; VEHICULOS; COSTOS DE OPERACION; VELOCIDAD; CONSUMO DE COMBUSTIBLES; LUBRICANTES; COSTOS; LLANTAS; MANTENIMIENTO; ESTIMACIONES; MOTORES; DATOS ESTADISTICOS;