Evaluating rail transit benefits: A comment

Transport Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-97

  Litman, Todd ^a  

^a Victoria Transport Policy Institute   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benefits; Grade separated; Rail; Transit

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 33845645941     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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