Hypercongestion

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 319-352

  Small, Kenneth A ^a   Chu, Xuehao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAVEL DEMAND;

DALLAS; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1642578891     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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