CHANGES IN MULTIMODE BUS TRANSIT EFFICIENCY, 1988-1992

This paper examines the claim that US bus transit productivity has dec lined in recent years. It does so with reference to a piecewise-linear best-practice (DEA) production frontier, computed for multi-modal bus transit between 1988 and 1992. Efficiency is measured both by a Russe ll (static) and Malmquist (dynamic) measure of productivity change. Th e principal finding is that, overall, bus transit efficiency has impro ved slightly over the period.