Travel-related decisions by bus, servis taxi, and private car commuters in the city of Amman, Jordan

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Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-71

  Hamed, Mohammad M ^a   Olaywah, Hatem H ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Commuting; Modal choice; Travel modes

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; DECISION MAKING; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN TRANSPORT;

AMMAN; JORDAN;

EID: 0033976551     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-2751(99)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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