The development of a benchmarking tool for monitoring progress towards sustainable transportation in New Zealand

Transport Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 480-488

  Henning, Theunis F P ^a   Muruvan, Sugandree ^b   Feng, Wanhua A ^c   Dunn, Roger C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Water Corporation Leederville   (Australia)

^c MWH New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Key performance indicator; Network performance; Performance improvement; Public transport; Sustainable transport

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LEGISLATION; MONITORING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; ROAD TRANSPORT; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

ENGLAND; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79251643398     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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