Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990

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dc.contributor.advisorArcher, Seanen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorLeiman, Anthonyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMunitz, Stephen Michaelen_ZA
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dc.date.available2016-02-18T12:16:40Z
dc.date.issued1991en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: pages 196-213.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMunitz, S. M. (1991). <i>Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17121en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMunitz, Stephen Michael. <i>"Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17121en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMunitz, S. 1991. Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Munitz, Stephen Michael AB - 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. DA - 1991 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1991 T1 - Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990 TI - Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17121 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/17121
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMunitz SM. Demand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,School of Economics, 1991 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17121en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentSchool of Economicsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherBuses - South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTaxicabs - South Africaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherUrban transportation - Economic aspects - South Africaen_ZA
dc.titleDemand responsive transport : an economic study of the jitney in the South-Western Cape, 1926-1990en_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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