An empirical procedure for enhancing the impact of road investments

Transport Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 201-211

  De Silva, Hema ^a   Tatam, Chris ^a  

^a Main Roads Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Planning; Road

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY NEEDS; NEED-BASED PLANNING; PLANNING APPROACH; ROAD INVESTMENT; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PLANNING;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0042039148     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0967-070x(96)00019-4     Document Type: Article

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