Urban public transport in Europe: Technology diffusion and market organisation

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-284

  Costa, Álvaro ^a   Fernandes, Ruben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Technological change; Urban public transport

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE;

EUROPEAN CITIES; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RELIABLE TRANSPORT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TRANSPORT MODES; URBAN PUBLIC TRANSPORT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

MONOPOLY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; TRANSPORTATION MODE; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EUROPE;

EID: 81055139006     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.09.002     Document Type: Article

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