The joint determination of efficiency in multi-mode bus transit

Abstract

In this paper the multiactivity DEA (data envelopment analysis) model is applied to determine the efficiency of individual services within different but highly homogeneous multimode transit firms which engage in their services with non-identical technologies and use shared inputs. The empirical findings indicate that the multiactivity model is more demanding than the conventional DEA model and thereby shows itself to be an especially useful instrument in performing this task.