Free transit for low-income youth: Experience in San Francisco Bay area, California

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1887, 2004, Pages 153-160

  McDonald, Noreen ^a   Librera, Sally ^a   Deakin, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

BUS PASSES; FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH (FRL); FUNDS; LOW-INCOME FLEXIBLE TRANSPORTATION (LIFT);

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 15544373568     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1887-18     Document Type: Conference Paper

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