A Coverage Model for Improving Public Transit System Accessibility and Expanding Access

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 123, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 143-156

  Murray, Alan T ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bus stop spacing; Spatial optimization; Strategic analysis; Transit utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038430996     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026123329433     Document Type: Review

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