Kickstarting growth in bus patronage: Targeting support at the margins

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 408-418

  Bristow, Abigail L ^a   Enoch, Marcus P ^a   Zhang, Lian ^a   Greensmith, Clare ^b   James, Norman ^b   Potter, Stephen ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Unit 10   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bus; Innovation; Kickstart; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BUS TRANSPORT; FUTURE PROSPECT; INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TARGETING; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54249120748     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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