What is paratransit worth?

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 841-853

  Nguyen Hoang, Phuong ^a,b   Yeung, Ryan ^a,c  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Disability; Paratransit; Public transportation

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; COST FUNCTIONS;

ASSOCIATED COSTS; BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS; DEMAND AND COST FUNCTIONS; DISABILITY; LEVEL OF SERVICE; PARATRANSIT; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL DEMAND;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957919968     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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