Impacts of bus rapid transit lanes on traffic and commuter mobility

Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 99-106

  Patankar, Vaishali M ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^b   Tiwari, Geetam ^c  

^a Univ of Petroleum and Energy Studies ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY STUDIES   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Buses; India; Rapid transit systems; Traffic management

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSPORTATION; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAPID TRANSIT; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

BUS RAPID TRANSIT; MICROSIMULATION TRAFFIC MODEL; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BUS TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34249107968     PISSN: 07339488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9488(2007)133:2(99)     Document Type: Article

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