Two-level evaluation of public transport performances;Dvorazinska Evaluacija Performansi Javnog Gradskog Prijevoza

Promet - Traffic and Transportation

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 329-339

  Matulin, Marko ^a   Mrvelj, Štefica ^a   Jelušić, Niko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Micro and macro level analysis; Public transport performance; Quality of service

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEM; DATA SET; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SERVICE PROVISION; TESTING METHOD; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 83355173512     PISSN: 03535320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7307/ptt.v23i5.151     Document Type: Article

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