Building new roads really does create extra traffic: A response to Prakash et al

Applied Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 1451-1457

  Goodwin, Phil ^a   Noland, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROAD CONSTRUCTION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142167408     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000089872     Document Type: Article

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