Success and challenges in modernizing streetcar systems: Experiences in Melbourne, Australia, and Toronto, Canada

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2006, 2007, Pages 31-39

  Currie, Graham ^a   Shalaby, Amer ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY TRAFFIC CONTROL; MODERNIZATION; RAPID TRANSIT; RIGHTS OF WAY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

STREETCAR SYSTEMS; TRAM SYSTEMS; TRANSIT SYSTEMS;

TROLLEY CARS;

EID: 38849176125     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2006-04     Document Type: Article

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