The short-term transport impacts of light rail: The evidence of secondary data from greater Manchester's Metrolink

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 149-180

  Senior, Martyn L ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car and bus use; Impacts; Light rail; Parking; Patronage; Peak off peak

Indexed keywords

PARKING; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

TRANSPORT IMPACTS;

LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT;

LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ENGLAND(MANCHESTER); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033382405     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081069908717626     Document Type: Article

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