The good, the bad and the forgettable - or lessons the US can learn from European transport policy

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 285-294

  Button, Kenneth ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Europe; European transport; International comparison; Policy strategy; Regulation; Transport policy; Transportation planning; United States; US transport

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POLICY STRATEGY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032423635     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-6923(98)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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