Cost and productivity of major urban transit systems in europe: An exploratory analysis

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 171-186

  Wunsch, Pierre ^a  

^a FACULTÉS UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LOUIS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERMODAL COMPARISON; PERFORMANCE EVOLUTION; REGIONAL COMPARISON; TRANSIT SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0030468385     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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