This research presents an identification and evaluation of the costs involved in rural school transportation in the municipality of Derrubadas/RS. It compiles and analyzes of the costs involved in rural school transport, ...

The relevance of transport costs has increased as liberalization continues to reduce artificial barriers to trade. Is it worthwhile to implement policies designed to increase competition in transport markets? Focusing ...

School transport in Spain is conceived administratively as a regular, but special, public transport service financed by the Spanish regional governments through private sector contracts adjudicated by public tendering. As ...

Studies show that among logistic costs, transports represent for one to two thirds of total costs. Road transport is the simplest and most efficient in comparison to the other modal, by the way presents high relevance ...

In the present scenario, market characterization is that of extreme competition and competitiveness, companies are increasingly investing time and capital in the development of methods and actions that assist in the speed ...

This paper presents a model of transport cost determinants that corrects the specification problems observed in the transport cost equations in previous literature. The model includes freight transport supply and demand, ...

There are various components of the total costs of transport: (1) the costs of infrastructure; (2) costs incurred by transport operators; (3) costs borne directly by users (e.g., time and inconvenience costs); and (4) costs ...