Urban transport crisis in India

Transport Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 185-198

  Pucher, John ^a   Korattyswaropam, Nisha ^a   Mittal, Neha ^a   Ittyerah, Neenu ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Indian Railways   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 19944380821     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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