Centre for Transport Policy and Economics

The Centre for Transport Policy and Economics has been established with the assistance of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India, as one of the two Special Studies Centre, in CIRT, Pune. The Ministry has sanctioned Rs. 1.00 crore to CIRT to be put in corpus fund for the establishment of this Centre. The interest on the corpus fund is to be utilized for the activities of the Centre.

The prime objective of the Centre is to carry out studies related to transport policy, planning and economics with due emphasis on

• Transport Regulation & Coordination

• Productivity and Efficiency Analysis

• Demand Forecasting

• Costing

• Pricing

• Cost-Benefit Analysis

• Econometric Modeling

Studies conducted during 2001-02

• Productive efficiency and its convergence across STUs;
• Economies of density, economies of scale, and relative efficiency: A case study of STUs;
• Productivity and profitability analysis of Swargate depot of MSRTC;
• Urbanization and urban transport in India: The search for a policy;
• Road accident analysis of Sikkim;
• A case study of road accident at Salem (Tamil Nadu); and
• Study of NGO participation in road safety programmes.

Besides above mentioned studies, the Centre has sponsored a consultancy project on “Public Transport Policy and Management Study for the State of Uttaranchal” as per the suggestion of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India.

Research studies to be undertaken in the future

· Pricing Issues in Urban Bus Companies;

· Estimating the level of rail as well as road based freight transportation in India;

· Profile of a Performer : A case Study of State Transport Undertaking;

· Activity Based Costing: A Case Study of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KnSRTC); and

· Public-Private Partnership Issues in Passenger Transportation

Besides these studies, the Centre is sponsoring a consultancy project on “Analyzing the Accidents due to Tyre Bursts along the Mumbai-Pune Expressway” as per the suggestion of the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Govt. of India.