Ten myths about US urban rail systems

Transport Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-73

  Rubin, Thomas A ^a   Moore Ii, James E ^b   Lee, Shin ^c  

^a 2007 Bywood Drive ^*  (United States)

^b Sch of Plcy Plan and Devmt   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ten myths; Urban transportation system; US urban rail systems

Indexed keywords

RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032695187     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0967-070X(98)00032-8     Document Type: Article

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