Benchmarking and sustainable transport policy: Learning from the BEST network

Transport Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 669-690

  Gudmundsson, Henrik ^a   Wyatt, Andrew ^b,d   Gordon, Lucy ^c,e  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b CMPS   (United Kingdom)

^c OGM Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^d Oxford Policy Management   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; PLANNING METHOD; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EID: 31344458215     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640500414824     Document Type: Article

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