Challenge of evacuating the carless in five major U.S. cities: Identifying the key issues

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2119, 2009, Pages 36-44

  Renne, John L ^a   Sanchez, Thomas W ^d   Jenkins, Pam ^b   Peterson, Robert ^c  

^a MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning   (United States)

^b Department of Sociology ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY TRAFFIC CONTROL; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; SEA LEVEL;

ECONOMIC MEANS; FLOW TRAFFICS; FOCUS GROUPS; KEY ISSUES; LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; PHYSICAL MEANS; SPECIAL NEEDS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS;

MANAGERS;

EID: 76149093574     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2119-05     Document Type: Article

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