Research Article

Technical and Scale Efficiency in Spanish Urban Transport: Estimating with Data Envelopment Analysis

Table 7

CCR- and BCC-efficiency index for Spanish public bus transport.

MunicipalitiesTechnical efficiency (CRS scores)Pure technical efficiency (VRS scores-input oriented)Scale efficiency

Alcalá42.44%89.68%47.32%
Burgos10.96%89.51%12.24%
Castellón63.99%97.52%65.62%
Ciudad Real100.00%100.00%100.00%
Gijón5.25%88.39%5.94%
Girona47.98%97.17%49.38%
Lugo100.00%100.00%100.00%
Lleida30.39%90.05%33.75%
Madrid100.00%100.00%100.00%
Mieres70.08%97.77%71.68%
Oviedo100.00%100.00%100.00%
Palma Mallor.12.65%88.65%14.27%
Ponferrada100.00%100.00%100.00%
Sabadell11.62%92.49%12.56%
Salamanca11.70%89.65%13.05%
San Cugat100.00%100.00%100.00%
San Sebastián55.98%100.00%55.98%
Santander6.42%93.33%6.88%
Santiago Com.27.87%91.82%30.35%
Sevilla1.44%84.60%1.70%
Toledo100.00%100.00%100.00%
Torrelavega100.00%100.00%100.00%
Valladolid22.16%93.30%23.75%
Zaragoza3.79%93.86%4.04%

Average efficiency 51.03% 94.91% 52.02%

Efficiency units 8 9 8

Inefficiency units 16 15 16

CRS denotes constant returns to scale; VRS denotes variable returns to scale