Twenty years of rail crowding valuation studies: Evidence and lessons from British experience

Transport Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 379-398

  Wardman, Mark ^a   Whelan, Gerard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b MVA Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

META-ANALYSIS; NONLINEARITY; PROBABILITY; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; VALUATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79958009750     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2010.519127     Document Type: Article

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