Exploring the underlying dimensions of elements affecting traffic congestion relief impact of transit

Cities

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-44

  Aftabuzzaman, Md ^a   Currie, Graham ^a   Sarvi, Majid ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Congestion relief; Global cities; Public transport; Underlying dimensions

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 78649921105     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2010.08.002     Document Type: Article

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