Substitution of bus for car travel in urban Britain: An economic evaluation of bus and car exhaust emission and other costs

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-125

  Romilly, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bus for car substitution; Environmental and health costs; Exhaust emissions

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXHAUST GASES; GAS EMISSIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SPREADSHEETS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EXHAUST EMISSIONS;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

BUS TRANSPORT; CAR USE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033105979     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1361-9209(98)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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