Framework for deployment planning of bus rapid transit systems

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1903, 2005, Pages 11-19

  Yin, Yafeng ^a   Miller, Mark A ^a   Ceder, Avishai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; BUS TRANSPORTATION; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUDGETRY; BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) SYSTEMS; DEPLOYMENT PLANNING; OPERATIONALIZATION;

BUSES;

EID: 27744552767     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1903-02     Document Type: Article

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