Rail line length in a crosstown corridor with many-to-many demand

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-114

  Liu, G ^a   Quain, G ^a   Wirasinghe, S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; FLEET OPERATIONS; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

CROSSTOWN CORRIDOR; RAIL LINE LENGTH;

RAILS;

EID: 0030103135     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.5670300107     Document Type: Article

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