Understanding bus rapid transit route ridership drivers: An empirical study of Australian BRT systems

Transport Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 755-764

  Currie, Graham ^a   Delbosc, Alexa ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bus Rapid Transit; Public transport infrastructure; Ridership; Service level

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; CAR OWNERSHIP; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; ROAD PRICING; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79957795407     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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