Levels of overcrowding in bus system of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2143, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Katz, Donald ^a,b   Rahman, Md Mizanur ^a,b  

^a BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; MASS TRANSPORTATION;

BANGLADESH; BUS SERVICES; BUS SYSTEMS; CONDITION; DWELL TIME; FARE COLLECTIONS; LOCAL BUS; MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE;

BUSES;

EID: 78651305183     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2143-11     Document Type: Article

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