Bus rapid transit identity meets universal design

Disability and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 445-459

  Bitterman, Alex ^a   Hess, Daniel Baldwin ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Bus rapid transit; Environmental graphic design; Transit identity programs; Transit marketing; Universal design

Indexed keywords

EID: 48849113120     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590802177015     Document Type: Review

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