Toll roads in Australia: An overview of characteristics and accuracy of demand forecasts

Transport Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 541-569

  Li, Zheng ^a   Hensher, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ERROR ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD PRICING; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; MELBOURNE; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77955740622     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441640903211173     Document Type: Article

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