Performance measurements on mass transit: Case study of New York city transit authority

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2111, 2009, Pages 125-138

  Cramer, Anthony ^a   Cucarese, John ^a   Tran, Minh ^a   Lu, Alex ^a   Reddy, Alla ^a  

^a New York City Transit   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; MASS TRANSPORTATION;

BUS ROUTE; CASE-STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS PROBLEM; EN-ROUTE; MASS TRANSIT; NEW YORK CITY TRANSITS; OPERATION MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS;

AUTOMATION;

EID: 76149105839     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2111-15     Document Type: Article

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