Determinants of the supply of urban public transport services in Harare, Zimbabwe

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dc.contributor.advisorVu, Kimen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNyatondo, Tendayien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-07T13:03:28Z
dc.date.available2018-11-07T13:03:28Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe level of supply of public transport increases proportionately with population size. However, increases in population growth and urbanization have led to several transport problems, including meeting the supply of transport services. The rationale behind the supply model as used in the study is generally found in economic theory, where vehicle operators/owners choose among alternative opportunities before investing in urban transport service industry. Despite the importance of the transport business sector to the Zimbabwean economy, the continued undersupply in the sector is alarming. The main objective of the study is to identify the factors affecting the supply of urban transport in Harare, Zimbabwe. The research seeks to find the reasons of the high mismatch of demand and supply in the urban public transport sector. These situations are related to finance, demand forecasting, management, high operational overheads, unviable fares, marketing, capitalization at start up and business planning. It also established that many entrepreneurs have high operational overheads as a result of inefficiency due to vehicle old age and high statutory safety requirements on vehicle fitness, which is forcing many large investors to opt to sell their passenger vehicles and venture into haulage trucks instead. By the end of the research we should be able to list the factors affecting investment in this sector in their order of importance such that coming up with solutions to those most important factors may just unlock a lot of investment into this sector This research established the notion that under investment in the transport sector are caused by lack of funding and non viable fares even though occupancy is very good. These factors will serve as a basis of modeling the supply situation in the study area. In addition, the study will outline some policy directions, which need to be considered in order to sustain the supply of urban transport services.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNyatondo, T. (2014). <i>Determinants of the supply of urban public transport services in Harare, Zimbabwe</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Research of GSB. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29026en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNyatondo, Tendayi. <i>"Determinants of the supply of urban public transport services in Harare, Zimbabwe."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Research of GSB, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29026en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNyatondo, T. 2014. Determinants of the supply of urban public transport services in Harare, Zimbabwe. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Nyatondo, Tendayi AB - The level of supply of public transport increases proportionately with population size. However, increases in population growth and urbanization have led to several transport problems, including meeting the supply of transport services. The rationale behind the supply model as used in the study is generally found in economic theory, where vehicle operators/owners choose among alternative opportunities before investing in urban transport service industry. Despite the importance of the transport business sector to the Zimbabwean economy, the continued undersupply in the sector is alarming. The main objective of the study is to identify the factors affecting the supply of urban transport in Harare, Zimbabwe. The research seeks to find the reasons of the high mismatch of demand and supply in the urban public transport sector. These situations are related to finance, demand forecasting, management, high operational overheads, unviable fares, marketing, capitalization at start up and business planning. It also established that many entrepreneurs have high operational overheads as a result of inefficiency due to vehicle old age and high statutory safety requirements on vehicle fitness, which is forcing many large investors to opt to sell their passenger vehicles and venture into haulage trucks instead. By the end of the research we should be able to list the factors affecting investment in this sector in their order of importance such that coming up with solutions to those most important factors may just unlock a lot of investment into this sector This research established the notion that under investment in the transport sector are caused by lack of funding and non viable fares even though occupancy is very good. These factors will serve as a basis of modeling the supply situation in the study area. In addition, the study will outline some policy directions, which need to be considered in order to sustain the supply of urban transport services. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - Determinants of the supply of urban public transport services in Harare, Zimbabwe TI - Determinants of the supply of urban public transport services in Harare, Zimbabwe UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29026 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/29026
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNyatondo T. Determinants of the supply of urban public transport services in Harare, Zimbabwe. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Research of GSB, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29026en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentResearch of GSBen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherDevelopment Financeen_ZA
dc.titleDeterminants of the supply of urban public transport services in Harare, Zimbabween_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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