Modelling user perception of bus transit quality

Transport Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 388-397

  dell'Olio, Luigi ^a   Ibeas, Angel ^a   Cecín, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bus transit; Focus group; Ordered probit; Quality perception

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; MODELING; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 77956176173     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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