Potential Users' Perspectives on Managed Lanes: Insights From a Focus Group Study

Public Works Management & Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 416-430

  Jianling, L I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

focus group; managed lanes; project implementation; public perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249145781     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X07308774     Document Type: Article

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