 Productivity Growth of Urban Transit Agencies in the U.SNarendra Malalgoda and Siew Hoon Lim International Journal of Public Administration, 2022, vol. 45, issue 16, 1132-1146 Abstract: This article assesses the productivity of US urban public transit using data of 45 largest bus agencies and 32 rail agencies from years 2007 through 2017. The study shows that both bus and rail transit agencies have experienced declining cumulative productivity growth during the study period. The Malmquist productivity index was decomposed into technical efficiency change and technological change components and the findings indicate that, for bus transit agencies, outsourcing or purchased transportation is associated with negative efficiency change. Although purchased transportation has a positive effect on technological change for bus transit, the effect is not significant. The results suggest that transit agencies that seek to partner with shared-mobility service providers or to integrate shared-mobility with transit service must address challenges that hinder transit efficiency, and that transit technology has yet to keep up with technological progress in urban mobility. Date: 2022 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:lpadxx:v:45:y:2022:i:16:p:1132-1146 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/01900692.2021.1956949 Access Statistics for this article International Journal of Public Administration is currently edited by Ali Farazmand More articles in International Journal of Public Administration from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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