Light rail and BRT competitive or complementary?

Public Transport International

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 10-13

  Vuchic, Vukan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; COST ACCOUNTING; INVESTMENTS; MODERNIZATION; RAPID TRANSIT; URBAN PLANNING; VEHICULAR TUNNELS;

BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT (LRT);

LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT;

EID: 32644478047     PISSN: 1016796X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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