Significant characteristics of the urban rail renaissance in the United States: A discriminant analysis

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 279-295

  Lane, Bradley W ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Light rail; Transit; United States; Urban travel

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAPID TRANSIT;

RAIL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION; URBAN RAIL RENAISSANCE; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LIGHT RAIL; RAIL CONSTRUCTION; RAIL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTIONS; SIGNIFICANT VARIABLES; TRANSIT; UNITED STATES; URBAN TRAVELS;

URBAN PLANNING; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT;

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM; MODELING; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38649102488     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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