Do Public Transport Improvements Increase Agglomeration Economies? A Review of Literature and an Agenda for Research

Transport Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 725-742

  Chatman, Daniel G ^a   Noland, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84857983457     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2011.587908     Document Type: Review

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