An analysis of public bus transit performance in Indian cities

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 961-981

  Badami, Madhav G ^a   Haider, Murtaza ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bus transit; India; Low income countries; Public transit; Transit performance; Urban transport

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; COST ACCOUNTING; FINANCE; OPERATING COSTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

BUS TRANSIT; PUBLIC TRANSIT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

BUS TRANSPORT; METROPOLITAN AREA; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34848876699     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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