Optimal feeder bus routes on irregular street networks

Journal of Advanced Transportation

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-248

  Chien, Steven ^a   Yang, Zhaowei ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TransCore   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUS TERMINALS; BUS TRANSPORTATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COSTS; ROADS AND STREETS;

EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH ALGORITHM; IRREGULAR STREET NETWORKS; OPTIMAL FEEDER BUS ROUTES;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

EID: 0034205573     PISSN: 01976729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/atr.5670340204     Document Type: Article

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