Impacts of gasoline prices on New Jersey transit ridership

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2144, 2010, Pages 52-61

  Yanmaz Tuzel, Ozlem ^a   Ozbay, Kaan ^a  

^a the State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; EMPLOYMENT; GASOLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CROSS-ELASTICITIES; ELASTICITY VALUES; EMPLOYMENT RATES; GASOLINE PRICES; HURRICANE KATRINA; IMPACT OF CHANGES; NEW JERSEY; OIL PRICES; PRICE INCREASE; TRANSIT RIDERSHIPS;

COSTS;

EID: 78651280414     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2144-07     Document Type: Article

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