Costing school transport in Spain

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 483-501

  Ibeas, Angel ^a   Luis Moura, José ^a   dell'Olio, Luigi ^a   Ortuzar, Juan de Dios ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cost allocation model; School transport; Spain; Transport costs

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; FINANCE;

COST ALLOCATION MODEL; SCHOOL TRANSPORT; SPAIN; TRANSPORT COSTS;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

COST; EDUCATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC TRANSPORT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33845235848     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060601075757     Document Type: Article

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