Transit service contracting and cost-efficiency

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1618, 1998, Pages 69-77

  Mccullough III, William Shelton ^a   Taylor, Brian D ^b   Wachs, Martin ^c  

^a Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; URBAN PLANNING;

CONTRACTING OUT TRANSIT SERVICES; COST PER VEHICLE-HOUR; PUBLIC TRANSIT;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0032160959     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1618-08     Document Type: Article

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