Road Transport Economics
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The official GTU curriculum for Road Transport Economics (subject code 3366003) as prescribed for TE · Semester 6 divides the course into 5 units, covering 20 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3366003)Unit 1 Transport Economics and Development
- 1.1. Factors influencing transport economics
- 1.2. Demand forecasting methods
- 1.3. Utility analysis
- 1.4. Ordinal analysis.
- 1.5. Expressways and toll roads
Unit 2 Economic Evaluation of Road Transport
- 2.1. Economic evaluation: Basic Principles
- 2.2. Economic Evaluation Methods: Benefit-cost ratio, First Year Rate of Return, Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return
- 2.3. Highway finance: Distribution of highway cost, Sources of revenue, Highway financing in India
- 2.4. Criteria for Financial viability
Unit 3 Vehicle Operating Cost
- 3.1. Vehicle Operating Cost (VOC)influencing factors: Relationship of fuel consumption, spare parts consumption, maintenance and repair labour costs, tyre life and lubricants
- 3.2. Utilisation and fixed costs
- 3.3. Road User Cost Study in India
Unit 4 Travel Time Saving
- 4.1. Classes of transport users enjoying travel time savings
- 4.2. Economic evaluation of travel time saving on commodity and commuters
- 4.3. Methods for monetary evaluation of passengers travel time
- 4.4. Results of Indian study on fixed cost of buses and trucks
Unit 5 Road Pricing, Traffic Congestion and Restraints
- 5.1. Pricing principles: Economic principles of road pricing
- 5.2. Requirements of good road pricing system
- 5.3. Congestion factor and road traffic
- 5.4. Traffic restraint: Parking controls, entry charges Road Transport Economics Course Code: 3366003 GTU/ NITTTR Bhopal/14 Gujarat State 3
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