NTL Catalog Record

Title	Acquisition Costs Versus Life Cycle Costs
Record ID	12785
Personal Name Creator	Simon, Michael E.
Source	APTA Mid-year Meeting, Mechanical Division Session; May 22, 1975
Corporate Contributor	Arthur Anderson & Co.
Publication Date	19750522
Abstract	Discusses whether bus purchase decisions should focus on the acquisition cost (or purchase price) of competing buses, or whether the focus should be on their life cycle costs.
TRT Terms	Buses ; Purchasing ; Decision making ; Costs ; Life cycle costing
General Subjects	Acquisition costs; UMTA
Classification	NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Planning and Policy; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Bus Transportation; NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Transit Economics and Finances
OCLC	N/A
Resource type	In Proceedings
URL	http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/12000/12700/12785/index.html
Format	HTML
Language:	English
Database	NTL Digital Repository

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