Sources of Operating Costs

Historically, road vehicle operating costs have tended to dominate highway economic appraisals in developing countries, due to the poor road surfaces that can occur there. The operating costs of railways and ports are also substantial, and form key...

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Main Authors:	Mackie, Peter, Nellthorp, John, Laird, James
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS BILLING BITUMEN CARS COMPONENTS OF VEHICLE CONCRETE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS DRIVERS EARTH ROADS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FERRIES FRAMEWORK FREIGHT FUEL GRAVEL GRAVEL SURFACE HDM4 HIGHWAY DESIGN INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE INVESTMENT PROJECTS JOURNEY LOW VOLUME ROADS MAINTENANCE COSTS MOISTURE CONTENT PASSENGER PASSENGER SERVICES PIARC POOR ROAD PORTS PRIVATISATION PUBLIC TRANSPORT RAIL NETWORK RAILWAY SYSTEMS RAILWAYS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REFORM REPLACEMENT COST ROAD ROAD CHARACTERISTICS ROAD DESIGN ROAD HAULAGE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD SURFACE ROAD SURFACES ROAD USERS ROUGHNESS RURAL ROADS RUT DEPTH SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SPEED STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURES TIME SERIES TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRAINS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ECONOMICS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRUCKS TYRES UNIT COST VALUE OF TIME VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS VEHICLE MAINTENANCE VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COST VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS VEHICLE OWNERSHIP VEHICLES WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6379238/sources-operating-costs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11801

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spelling	okr-10986-118012021-04-23T14:02:57Z Sources of Operating Costs Mackie, Peter Nellthorp, John Laird, James ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS BILLING BITUMEN CARS COMPONENTS OF VEHICLE CONCRETE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS DRIVERS EARTH ROADS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FERRIES FRAMEWORK FREIGHT FUEL GRAVEL GRAVEL SURFACE HDM4 HIGHWAY DESIGN INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE INVESTMENT PROJECTS JOURNEY LOW VOLUME ROADS MAINTENANCE COSTS MOISTURE CONTENT PASSENGER PASSENGER SERVICES PIARC POOR ROAD PORTS PRIVATISATION PUBLIC TRANSPORT RAIL NETWORK RAILWAY SYSTEMS RAILWAYS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REFORM REPLACEMENT COST ROAD ROAD CHARACTERISTICS ROAD DESIGN ROAD HAULAGE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD SURFACE ROAD SURFACES ROAD USERS ROUGHNESS RURAL ROADS RUT DEPTH SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SPEED STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURES TIME SERIES TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRAINS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ECONOMICS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRUCKS TYRES UNIT COST VALUE OF TIME VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS VEHICLE MAINTENANCE VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COST VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS VEHICLE OWNERSHIP VEHICLES WAGES Historically, road vehicle operating costs have tended to dominate highway economic appraisals in developing countries, due to the poor road surfaces that can occur there. The operating costs of railways and ports are also substantial, and form key components of cost benefit analyses of their associated infrastructure. The definition of operating costs for Bank projects is therefore important in obtaining a reliable economic appraisal. In this Note, Section 1 introduces the key issues associated with operating costs, whilst the following sections discuss the components and sources of operating costs by mode. Road vehicle operating costs are presented in Section 2, railway operating costs in Section 3, and port operating costs in Section 4. 2012-08-13T16:03:54Z 2012-08-13T16:03:54Z 2005-01 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6379238/sources-operating-costs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11801 English Transport Notes Series; No. TRN 14 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS BILLING BITUMEN CARS COMPONENTS OF VEHICLE CONCRETE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS DRIVERS EARTH ROADS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FERRIES FRAMEWORK FREIGHT FUEL GRAVEL GRAVEL SURFACE HDM4 HIGHWAY DESIGN INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE INVESTMENT PROJECTS JOURNEY LOW VOLUME ROADS MAINTENANCE COSTS MOISTURE CONTENT PASSENGER PASSENGER SERVICES PIARC POOR ROAD PORTS PRIVATISATION PUBLIC TRANSPORT RAIL NETWORK RAILWAY SYSTEMS RAILWAYS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REFORM REPLACEMENT COST ROAD ROAD CHARACTERISTICS ROAD DESIGN ROAD HAULAGE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD SURFACE ROAD SURFACES ROAD USERS ROUGHNESS RURAL ROADS RUT DEPTH SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SPEED STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURES TIME SERIES TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRAINS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ECONOMICS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRUCKS TYRES UNIT COST VALUE OF TIME VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS VEHICLE MAINTENANCE VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COST VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS VEHICLE OWNERSHIP VEHICLES WAGES
spellingShingle	ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS BILLING BITUMEN CARS COMPONENTS OF VEHICLE CONCRETE COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS DRIVERS EARTH ROADS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FERRIES FRAMEWORK FREIGHT FUEL GRAVEL GRAVEL SURFACE HDM4 HIGHWAY DESIGN INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE INVESTMENT PROJECTS JOURNEY LOW VOLUME ROADS MAINTENANCE COSTS MOISTURE CONTENT PASSENGER PASSENGER SERVICES PIARC POOR ROAD PORTS PRIVATISATION PUBLIC TRANSPORT RAIL NETWORK RAILWAY SYSTEMS RAILWAYS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK REGULATORY REFORM REPLACEMENT COST ROAD ROAD CHARACTERISTICS ROAD DESIGN ROAD HAULAGE ROAD MAINTENANCE ROAD SURFACE ROAD SURFACES ROAD USERS ROUGHNESS RURAL ROADS RUT DEPTH SERVICE PROVIDER SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVICE PROVISION SPEED STRUCTURAL CHANGE STRUCTURES TIME SERIES TRAFFIC TRAFFIC FLOW TRAINS TRANSPORT TRANSPORT ECONOMICS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT PROJECTS TRANSPORT SECTOR TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTATION TRUCKS TYRES UNIT COST VALUE OF TIME VEHICLE CHARACTERISTICS VEHICLE MAINTENANCE VEHICLE OPERATING VEHICLE OPERATING COST VEHICLE OPERATING COSTS VEHICLE OWNERSHIP VEHICLES WAGES Mackie, Peter Nellthorp, John Laird, James Sources of Operating Costs
relation	Transport Notes Series; No. TRN 14
description	Historically, road vehicle operating costs have tended to dominate highway economic appraisals in developing countries, due to the poor road surfaces that can occur there. The operating costs of railways and ports are also substantial, and form key components of cost benefit analyses of their associated infrastructure. The definition of operating costs for Bank projects is therefore important in obtaining a reliable economic appraisal. In this Note, Section 1 introduces the key issues associated with operating costs, whilst the following sections discuss the components and sources of operating costs by mode. Road vehicle operating costs are presented in Section 2, railway operating costs in Section 3, and port operating costs in Section 4.
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author	Mackie, Peter Nellthorp, John Laird, James
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title	Sources of Operating Costs
title_short	Sources of Operating Costs
title_full	Sources of Operating Costs
title_fullStr	Sources of Operating Costs
title_full_unstemmed	Sources of Operating Costs
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6379238/sources-operating-costs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11801
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