Author(s)

Wessel J. Pienaar

Abstract

This paper describes the concept of generalised travel cost and analyses its components. Based upon this analysis a model to assist in determining the non-monetary portion of generalised travel costs of transit commuters for application in urban transport planning is formulated. Emphasis is placed on the calculation of generalised transit commuter costs for use in the cost-benefit analysis of urban transport projects. 1 Introduction Underlying any analysis of the demand for transport services is the fact that this demand is a derived demand. Travelling normally makes no contribution to need satisfaction, since people travel merely because there is something that has to be done at their destination. Seeing that transport therefore d

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