Examining the influence of multidestination service orientation on transit service productivity: A multivariate analysis

Transportation

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-252

  Brown, Jeffrey R ^a   Thompson, Gregory L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Public transit; Service orientation; Transit productivity; Urban decentralization

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH; URBAN PLANNING;

MULTIDESTINATION SERVICE ORIENTATION; PUBLIC TRANSIT; RIDERSHIP; TRANSIT PRODUCTIVITY; URBAN DECENTRALIZATION;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

BUS TRANSPORT; DECENTRALIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38949156140     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-007-9140-x     Document Type: Article

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