Sustainable urban transport: Smart technology initiatives in singapore

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2243, 2011, Pages 38-45

  Debnath, Ashim Kumar ^a   Mazharul Haque, M ^a   Chin, Hoong Chor ^a   Yuen, Belinda ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRAFFIC CONTROL; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EMBEDDINGS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; SINGAPORE; SMART TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC MONITORING; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; URBAN TRANSPORT; URBAN TRANSPORT SYSTEMS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84855230935     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2243-05     Document Type: Article

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