The connection between public transit and employment: The cases of portland and atlanta

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 284-296

  Sanchez, Thomas W ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; LABOR PARTICIPATION; MOBILITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; URBAN ECONOMY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032821656     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944369908976058     Document Type: Article

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