B.Tech IV Year II Semester (R16)
Historical Background: Introduction, the growth of a network, trams, trolley buses, private car’s subsidies. The Infrastructure: Road- Approach Road. Highways National, State, District, traffic condition, relief of congestion, pedestrians, zebra lines, margins, shopping centres. Bus-stops. Shelters. Bus stations. Garages layout of premises, equipment, use of machinery, conveyance of staff, facilities for passengers. Maintenance -preventive, breakdown, overhauling -major, minor. Organization and Management: Forms of ownership, principle of transport, management – internal organization, centralized condition, decentralized condition (Engineering, traffic and administration), staff administration: industrial relation, administration, recruitment and training, welfare, health and safety.
Public relations divisions: Dissemination of information, maintaining goodwill- handling complaints, traffic advisory. Committees- local contractors co-operation with the press news and articles- facilities for visitors- forms of publicity importance of quality -inter departmental liaison advertisements, signs, notice and directions general appearance of premises, specialized publicity. Prevention of accidents: Emphasis of safe driving-annual awards bonus encouragement vehicle design platform, layout, location of steps, scheduled route hazards records elimination of accident prone devices.
Timing, bus working and schedules: Time table layout uses of flat graph method of presentation preparation of vehicle and crew schedule preparation of the duty roster, co- operation with employers use of the vehicle running numbering determination of vehicle efficiency, checking efficiency of crew, duty arrangements. Route planning: Source of traffic. town planning. turning points, stopping places, shelters survey of route preliminary schedule test runs elimination of hazards factors affecting. Frequency direction of traffic flow estimated traffic possibility single verses double deck.
Fare collections systems: Principles of collection the way bill, bell punch system reduced ticket stocks wilk brew system T.l.M and straight /M/C/S. The verometer lens on parason coach tickets exchanges, box system personal, and common stock flat fare platform control. The fare structure: Basis of fares historical background effects of competition and control calculating average zone system straight and tapered scale elastic and inelastic demand
R16 B.TECH AUTOMOBILE ENGG.
coordination of fares concessions fares changes for workman. Anomalies double booking inter availability through booking and summation private hire charges.
Operating cost and types of vehicles: Classification costs, average speed running costs supplementary costs depreciation obsolescence, life of vehicles sinking fund factor affecting post per vehicles mile incidence of wages and overheads 100 seats miles basis, average seating capacity vehicles size and spread overs, types of vehicle economic considerations authorization of trolley, bus services, statuary procedure taxes and hire cars.
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