Reliability improvement in short headway transit services

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2143, 2010, Pages 67-76

  Van Oort, Niels ^a   Wilson, Nigel ^b   Van Nes, Rob ^c  

^a Goudappel Coffeng Mobility Consultants   (Netherlands)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRAVEL TIME;

'CURRENT; HOLDING TIME; OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES; PUBLIC TRANSPORT OPERATORS; REAL LINE; RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENT; SERVICE RELIABILITY; SHORTEST TRAVEL TIME; TRAM LINES; TRANSIT SERVICES;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 78651316658     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2143-09     Document Type: Article

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