Making urban transit systems sustainable around the world: Many birds with one bus?

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1791, 2002, Pages 44-50

  Schipper, Lee ^a   Fulton, Lew ^b  

^a WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TRAFFIC CONTROL; URBAN PLANNING;

URBAN TRANSIT SYSTEMS;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 0036934362     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1791-07     Document Type: Conference Paper

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