Metro service delay recovery: Comparison of strategies and constraints across systems

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1930, 2005, Pages 30-37

  Schmöcker, Jan Dirk ^a   Cooper, Shoshana ^b   Adeney, William ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MTA New York City Transit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; PERSONNEL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONSTRAINTS ACROSS SYSTEMS; METRO SERVICES; SERVICE FREQUENCY; SLOW-MOVING DELAYS;

TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33645164962     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1930-04     Document Type: Article

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