Simulating the impacts of strong bus priority measures

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 642-647

  Waterson, B J ^a   Rajbhandari, B ^a   Hounsell, N B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bus; Public transportation; Traffic congestion; Urban area

Indexed keywords

BUSES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLLUTION; PUBLIC POLICY; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

TRANSPORTATION;

BUS TRANSPORT; PLANNING METHOD; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 0344082171     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:6(642)     Document Type: Article

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