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Analysis of the Technical Efficiency of Urban Bus Services in Spain Based on SBM Models

Table 6

Ratio slacks/input value (%), per year and input.
Metropolitan area populationMain cityYear 2004Year 2005Year 2006Year 2007Year 2008Year 2009
Routes length (%)Number of buses (%)Costs (%)Routes length (%)Number of buses (%)Costs (%)Routes length (%)Number of buses (%)Costs (%)Routes length (%)Number of buses (%)Costs (%)Routes length (%)Number of buses (%)Costs (%)Routes length (%)Number of buses (%)Costs (%)
>1 million inhab.Madrid0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−13.1−3.4−13.4−16.1−6.2−23.60.00.00.0
Barcelona−24.0−25.4−28.5−28.1−25.2−38.4−27.9−25.1−43.9−24.1−24.3−47.2−30.2−29.2−52.9−27.5−22.3−54.9
Valencia−21.4−29.8−23.9−33.3−30.1−27.9−23.0−30.6−32.3−25.4−33.4−39.5−38.1−35.1−41.7−27.5−34.6−41.5
Murcia—————————−72.3−28.4−18.8−74.4−31.8−0.7−71.6−27.40.0
Sevilla−14.6−37.3−25.9−14.6−37.3−25.9−17.4−40.8−41.0−15.6−35.1−40.5−14.2−33.8−46.0−11.4−34.6−46.8
Oviedo0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0−19.90.0−4.5−0.40.0−31.00.00.00.0
Between 0.5 and 1 million inhab.Málaga−61.1−35.0−40.2−60.0−39.7−40.9−58.9−37.6−42.9−58.4−40.3−46.6−58.3−39.8−47.7−60.5−37.7−47.4
Mallorca—————————0.00.00.0−38.10.0−9.5−31.40.0−14.8
Gran Canaria——————−60.3−31.1−24.7−60.3−29.9−25.2−66.3−31.3−30.6−66.9−30.7−25.2
Zaragoza0.00.00.00.00.00.0−5.4−8.6−1.0−2.7−5.8−0.6———0.00.00.0
San Sebastián————————————−54.10.0−23.4−52.00.0−24.2
Granada−45.3−37.1−9.7−44.1−35.3−16.6−42.3−35.3−23.0−41.4−35.1−27.8−42.0−36.0−36.6−43.3−37.1−42.8
<0.5 million inhab.Almería———————————————0.00.00.0
Alicante−44.7−1.0−12.0−43.50.0−18.2−50.5−6.8−18.0−44.6−10.5−29.5−45.0−6.7−29.7−45.2−8.6−30.7
Lérida———————————————0.00.00.0
Pamplona0.00.00.0−10.90.00.0−47.1−13.4−9.3−46.7−14.5−11.6−44.4−13.2−15.7−43.9−11.6−14.8
Vigo——————0.00.00.0−32.30.00.0−74.9−0.3−2.0———
La Coruña0.00.00.0−0.10.0−0.20.00.00.0———0.00.0−10.30.00.00.0