Spatial mismatch and the affordability of public transport for the poor in Singapore's new towns

Cities

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 230-237

  Cho yam Lau, Joseph ^a  

^a NONE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Affordability index; Elasticity of transport demand; Poor workers; Spatial mismatch; Travel time

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEW TOWN; POLICY STRATEGY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SPATIAL MISMATCH; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL DEMAND; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN POLICY; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN TRANSPORT;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 79952901890     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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