Road congestion pricing in Singapore: 1975 to 2003

Transportation Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 16-25

  Phang, Sock Yong ^a   Toh, Rex S ^b  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROAD PRICING; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 2942659425     PISSN: 00411612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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