Analysis of the Technical Efficiency of Urban Bus Services in Spain Based on SBM Models
Table 3
Changes in supply and demand indicators of bus services (%). Period 2004–2009.
Metropolitan area population
Metropolitan area (main city)
Journeys* (%)
Pax-km* (%)
Journeys** (%)
Veh-km* (%)
Places-km* (%)
Veh-km** (%)
Places-km** (%)
Routes length* (%)
Number of stops* (%)
Routes length** (%)
Number of stops** (%)
>1 million inhab.
Madrid
−10.0
−0.5
−10.4
3.8
0.1
20.2
9.3
20.4
17.8
11.5
24.1
Barcelona
−5.6
10.1
3.5
1.9
−3.7
23.3
16.7
7.2
n.a.
40.3
1.6
Valencia
−9.3
−25.8
−10.4
−5.0
−2.5
−8.5
−4.2
1.5
0.7
2.2
1.9
Murcia***
−21.5
−10.0
n.a.
−2.6
−11.0
n.a.
n.a.
7.9
0.7
n.a.
n.a.
Sevilla
−7.3
−6.9
−8.0
3.0
8.1
n.a.
18.5
−0.9
−9.2
33.4
19.4
Asturias (Oviedo)
2.6
2.4
n.a.
16.6
21.4
n.a.
n.a.
52.2
16.6
n.a.
n.a.
Between 0.5 and 1 million inhab.
Málaga
8.9
−1.8
41.8
9.4
34.6
15.9
30.3
7.5
−1.3
26.8
87.5
Mallorca***
0.0
0.0
−1.5
16.0
13.3
11.5
13.3
12.9
20.5
n.a.
n.a.
Gran Canaria***
−10.4
n.a.
−13.2
−4.9
0.5
−2.3
−3.5
14.1
9.5
16.3
−0.7
Zaragoza
10.5
10.5
10.8
13.7
21.5
n.a.
n.a.
30.0
27.0
8.2
20.0
Gipuzkoa (San Sebastián)***
1.6
1.6
3.1
0.1
0.1
n.a.
n.a.
2.3
8.1
n.a.
n.a.
Granada
6.5
n.a.
8.4
9.4
n.a.
17.0
n.a.
5.3
n.a.
6.8
n.a.
<0.5 million inhab.
Alicante
−5.9
−3.8
−6.3
4.0
−4.4
5.7
−3.2
2.1
1.0
7.8
19.3
Pamplona
10.6
12.2
—
22.8
25.8
—
—
12.7
−16.4
—
—
Vigo***
−4.9
−8.1
—
0.8
0.8
—
—
0.0
7.0
—
—
La Coruña
−1.7
−1.6
—
5.6
2.0
—
—
0.0
0.0
—
—
Sevilla, Granada, and Alicante: trips, not journeys.
*Only main city.
**Whole metropolitan area.
***Changes using only available data Source: based on [1–8].
