Bus rapid transit in the United States

Built Environment

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 298-306

  Vincent, William ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BUS TRANSPORT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78349274353     PISSN: 02637960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2148/benv.36.3.298     Document Type: Article

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