Road Transport Management
Course outline
- Transportation system (4 hours)
- System classification
- History of transportation
- Modes of transportation
- Types of transport operation
- Motor vehicle act (7 hours)
- Laws governing use of motor vehicle
- Licensing of drivers and conductors
- Registration of vehicles
- State and inter-state permits
- Traffic rules and controls
- Accident causes, analysis and prevention
- RTO and regulations
- Offences, penalties and procedures
- Rules and regulations, testing and passing of vehicle
- Taxation (3 hours)
- Introduction, objectives and structure
- Method of laying taxation
- Goods vehicle taxation
- Passenger vehicle taxation
- Mode of tax payment
- Tax exemption
- Service life of vehicles
- Toll tax reasons and operational management
- Build operate transfer arrangement
- Insurance (3 hours)
- Types of insurance
- Accident claims and settlements
- Duty of driver in case of accident
- Surveyor and loss accessor
- Passenger transport operation (10 hours)
- Passenger transport organization
- Depot layout
- Fleet management, maintenance
- Planning and scheduling operation
- Booking and reservations
- Training of drivers and conductors
- Public relations, publicity and passenger amenities
- Theory of fares: differential rates, depreciations,
- Operation costs and revenues
- Freight transport operation (8 hours)
- Goods transport organization
- Scheduling of goods transport
- Management information system (MIS)
- Storage and transportation of petroleum products
- Statistical records and shipment center
- Recording of goods transport
- Fuel consumption and emission models (6 hours)
- Fuel consumption models
- Vehicular emissions
- Emission models and standards
- Implementation, testing and measurements of pollution
- Pollution control certificate agency
- Planning for new transport organization (4 hours)
- Geographical consideration
- Economic factors
- Vehicles used
- Planning of trips
- Urban transit operation
References
- Motor Vehicles Acts, Law Publishers
- Schumer, Economics of transport, TMH
- Fair and Williams, Economics of transportation, East West Press.
- Hudson, Motor transportation, TMH.
- M.V. Act 1988-RTO rules and regulation manual
- Fuel Economy of Motor Vehicle, Allied Publishers.
- National Research Council, Automotive Fuel Economy, National Academic Press.
- 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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