The quality of public transport: Relative importance of different performance indicators and their potential to explain modal choice

WIT Transactions on the Built Environment

Volumn 96, Issue , 2007, Pages 313-325

  Seco, A J M ^a   Gonalves, J H G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Mode choice modelling; Performance indicators; Public transport; Quality evaluation

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUALITY CONTROL; RAILROAD CARS; URBAN PLANNING;

PRIVATE CARS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICES;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 38849103648     PISSN: 17433509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/UT070301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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