Road Transport Management

Course outline

  1. Transportation system (4 hours)
    1. System classification
    2. History of transportation
    3. Modes of transportation
    4. Types of transport operation

  2. Motor vehicle act (7 hours)
    1. Laws governing use of motor vehicle
    2. Licensing of drivers and conductors
    3. Registration of vehicles
    4. State and inter-state permits
    5. Traffic rules and controls
    6. Accident causes, analysis and prevention
    7. RTO and regulations
    8. Offences, penalties and procedures
    9. Rules and regulations, testing and passing of vehicle

  3. Taxation (3 hours)
    1. Introduction, objectives and structure
    2. Method of laying taxation
    3. Goods vehicle taxation
    4. Passenger vehicle taxation
    5. Mode of tax payment
    6. Tax exemption
    7. Service life of vehicles
    8. Toll tax reasons and operational management
    9. Build operate transfer arrangement

  4. Insurance (3 hours)
    1. Types of insurance
    2. Accident claims and settlements
    3. Duty of driver in case of accident
    4. Surveyor and loss accessor

  5. Passenger transport operation (10 hours)
    1. Passenger transport organization
    2. Depot layout
    3. Fleet management, maintenance
    4. Planning and scheduling operation
    5. Booking and reservations
    6. Training of drivers and conductors
    7. Public relations, publicity and passenger amenities
    8. Theory of fares: differential rates, depreciations,
    9. Operation costs and revenues

  6. Freight transport operation (8 hours)
    1. Goods transport organization
    2. Scheduling of goods transport
    3. Management information system (MIS)
    4. Storage and transportation of petroleum products
    5. Statistical records and shipment center
    6. Recording of goods transport

  7. Fuel consumption and emission models (6 hours)
    1. Fuel consumption models
    2. Vehicular emissions
    3. Emission models and standards
    4. Implementation, testing and measurements of pollution
    5. Pollution control certificate agency

  8. Planning for new transport organization (4 hours)
    1. Geographical consideration
    2. Economic factors
    3. Vehicles used
    4. Planning of trips
    5. Urban transit operation

References

  1. Motor Vehicles Acts, Law Publishers
  2. Schumer, Economics of transport, TMH
  3. Fair and Williams, Economics of transportation, East West Press.
  4. Hudson, Motor transportation, TMH.
  5. M.V. Act 1988-RTO rules and regulation manual
  6. Fuel Economy of Motor Vehicle, Allied Publishers.
  7. National Research Council, Automotive Fuel Economy, National Academic Press.
  8. CIRT Journal of Transport Management.

Evaluation scheme
The questions will cover all the chapters of the syllabus. The evaluation scheme will be as indicated in the table below:

Chapter

Marks*

1 & 8

16

2 & 4

16

3 & 7

16

5

16

6

16

Total

80


*Note: There may be minor deviation in mark distribution

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