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Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990
Bibliography: pages 196-213.
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/17121 Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990 Munitz, Stephen Michael Archer, Sean Leiman, Anthony Buses - South Africa Taxicabs - South Africa Urban transportation - Economic aspects - South Africa Bibliography: pages 196-213. This thesis treats the role of the jitney in urban transportation from an economic perspective. The method of enquiry begins with a theory review including a description of the jitney, the distinction between passenger and operator costs, economies of scale and scope, market structure, and an allocatively efficient pricing rule for the jitney industry. It is asserted that in an unregulated urban transportation market a socially efficient pricing structure arises, which reconciles both user and producer costs. A discussion of the rise and decline of the jitney industry in Cape Town from 1924 to 1931 and industry developments in the 1970's and 1980's places this exposition within an historic context. Policy implications of the aforegoing analysis are suggested with respect to the potential role to be played by the jitney in urban public transport. Based on this approach, an alternative consideration of the competition between the jitney and conventional transport methods is proposed. 2016-02-18T12:16:40Z 2016-02-18T12:16:40Z 1991 Master Thesis Masters MSocSc http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17121 eng application/pdf School of Economics Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Buses - South Africa Taxicabs - South Africa Urban transportation - Economic aspects - South Africa Munitz, Stephen Michael Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990 |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990 |
| title_full | Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990 |
| title_fullStr | Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990 |
| title_short | Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990 |
| title_sort | demand responsive transport an economic study of the jitney in the south western cape 1926 1990 |
| topic | Buses - South Africa Taxicabs - South Africa Urban transportation - Economic aspects - South Africa |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17121 |
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