Service optimization for bus corridors with short-turn strategies and variable vehicle size

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-38

  Delle Site, Paolo ^a   Filippi, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL PLANNING OF BUS OPERATIONS; SERVICE OPTIMIZATION MODEL;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0031619214     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-8564(97)00016-5     Document Type: Article

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