Opportunities for innovation in public transport: Effects of regulatory reforms on innovative capabilities

Transport Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-293

  Ongkittikul, Sumet ^a,b   Geerlings, Harry ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bus sector; Innovation; Public transport; Regulatory reforms

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646807166     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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