Public transport in towns - Inevitably on the decline?

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 65-74

  Holmgren, Johan ^a   Jansson, Jan Owen ^a   Ljungberg, Anders ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Policy; Price; Public transport; Service

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449093976     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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