TY  - SER
AU  - Nguyen Thi Cam Van
AU  - Perera,L.A.S.Ranjith
AU  - Vilas Nitivattananon, 
AU  - Kusakabe,Kyoko
ED  - Canada (CIDA), 
TI  - An analysis of a public bus transport service from the multi-benefits perspective: a case study of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
T2  - Thesis
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Pathum Thani, Thailand
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - Transportation
KW  - Environmental aspects
KW  - Vietnam
KW  - Ho Chi Minh
N1  - A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirementsfor the degree of Master of Science in Urban Environmental Management; Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2010
N2  - Public  transport has  been playing  a  vital  role  in  many cities,  includingHCMC.  Its operation  brings benefits to   the  socio-economic   development   and   the   environmental quality  improvement.  This  study,  by  employing  the  multi-benefits  concept,  tries  to  explore direct  and  indirect  benefits  that  buses  bring  to  the users,  the  operators  and  the  city. State Preference Survey method is used to understand the perceptionsof users about bus service quality.  Results  show  that  buses  do  bring  equity-oriented  benefits  to  users  in  term  of providing equally access  from  the  availability  of  the  service  with  cheap  priceto  both  men and women.  Calculations based  on  secondary data  show  the efficiency-oriented  benefits  of bus to the users in terms of consumer saving. The operation of bus also brings someprofits to  the  operators.  The  utilization  of  buses  is  meaningful  for  the  city  in  term  of  space efficiency. Furthermore,  using  bus brings  ecology-oriented  benefits  in  term  of emission reduction. Busis really an  important  public  transport  mode  in  HCMC  since  it  bringsthe multi-benefits   in equity-oriented, efficiency-oriented    andecology-oriented    benefits. Therefore, there should be policies and projects to expandand improvebus system in order to achieve more multi-benefits
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