Linking telecommunications and transportation - The macro simplicity and the micro complexity

International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-55

  Button, Kenneth ^a   Taylor, Samantha ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PPK Environment and Infrastructure   (Australia)

Author keywords

Telecommunications; Teleworking; Transportation policy; Travel substitution

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); LAWS AND LEGISLATION; PUBLIC POLICY; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

TELEWORKING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL SUBSTITUTION;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 4344705610     PISSN: 14684322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJTPM.2002.001757     Document Type: Article

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