The European bus with a high level of service (BHLS): Concept and practice

Built Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-316

  Heddebaut, Odile ^a   Finn, Brendan ^a   Rabuel, Sébastien ^a   Rambaud, François ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGY;

FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; IRELAND; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; SPAIN; SWEDEN;

EID: 78349241038     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.36.3.307     Document Type: Article

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