Bus rapid transit systems: A comparative assessment

Transportation

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 501-518

  Hensher, David A ^a   Golob, Thomas F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bus rapid transit; Comparative analysis; Infrastructure costs; Service levels

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; THROUGHPUT;

BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT); INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM;

RAPID TRANSIT;

BUS TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 44949198343     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-008-9163-y     Document Type: Article

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