Evaluation of bus transit maintenance and operation costs in kuwait

Transport Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-314

  Koushki, Parviz A ^a   Yaseen, Saleh ^a   Ali, Laila I ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

KUWAIT;

EID: 0032695504     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014416499295411     Document Type: Article

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