Cost-effective alternatives to Atlanta's rail rapid transit system

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-49

  Kain, John F ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC EVALUATION; RAIL RAPID TRANSIT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT;

USA, GEORGIA, ATLANTA;

EID: 0030757449     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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