Characterizing metro networks: State, form, and structure

Transportation

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-297

  Derrible, Sybil ^a   Kennedy, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Connectivity; Directness; Graph theory; Network design; Transit planning

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; CIRCUMFERENTIAL LINE; DIRECTNESS; EXISTING SYSTEMS; INTRINSIC PROPERTY; MAKING DECISION; METRO NETWORKS; METRO SYSTEM; NETWORK DESIGN; ON CURRENTS; THREE PHASIS; TRADITIONAL PLANNING; TRANSIT NETWORKS; TRANSIT PLANNING;

HIGHWAY PLANNING; LAND USE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

GRAPH THEORY;

ACCESSIBILITY; CONNECTIVITY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FUTURE PROSPECT; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NETWORK DESIGN; PLANNING METHOD; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77950461311     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-009-9227-7     Document Type: Article

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