The effect of financial constraints on the optimal design of public transport services

Transportation

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-75

  Jara Díaz, Sergio R ^a   Gschwender, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Optimal bus size; Optimal frequency; Public transport; Self financial constraint; Subsidy

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; COSTS; DESIGN; ECONOMICS; FINANCE; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS;

OPTIMAL BUS SIZE; OPTIMAL FREQUENCY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SELF-FINANCIAL CONSTRAINT; SUBSIDY;

OPTIMIZATION;

BUS TRANSPORT; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; ROAD PRICING; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58649085713     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-008-9182-8     Document Type: Article

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