Toward an urban transport sustainability index: An European comparison

European Transport Research Review

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 179-195

  Zito, Pietro ^a   Salvo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Transport performance indicators; Transport sustainability index; Urban sustainable mobility

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER POLICY; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DATA DETECTION; LARGE CITIES; POLICY MEASURES; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY; TRANSPORT PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; TRANSPORT POLICY; TRANSPORT SUSTAINABILITY INDEX; URBAN AREAS; URBAN SPRAWL; URBAN TRANSPORT;

BENCHMARKING; DATA ACQUISITION; MONITORING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 83355163254     PISSN: 18670717     EISSN: 18668887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12544-011-0059-0     Document Type: Article

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