Promoting public transportation: Comparison of passengers and policies in Germany and the United States

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2110, 2009, Pages 60-68

  Buehler, Ralph ^a  

^a UniStates Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; MASS TRANSPORTATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GEOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATIONAL TRAVEL SURVEYS; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; TRANSPORTATION POLICIES;

LAND USE;

EID: 76149106854     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2110-08     Document Type: Article

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