An overview of urban transport in Malaysia

Social Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-33

  Almselati, Aldukali Salem I ^a   Rahmat, Riza Atiq O K ^a   Jaafar, Othman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Car; Malaysia; Motorcycle; Parking; Roads; Urban transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650900241     PISSN: 18185800     EISSN: 19936125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/sscience.2011.24.33     Document Type: Article

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