The perception of Bus Rapid Transit: A passenger survey from Beijing Southern Axis BRT Line 1

Transportation Planning and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-219

  Deng, Taotao ^a   Nelson, John D ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beijing; Bus Rapid Transit (BRT); perception; property attractiveness

Indexed keywords

BEIJING; BRT LINE; BUS RAPID TRANSIT; BUS RAPID TRANSIT (BRT); DATA SETS; HIGH QUALITY; LAND DEVELOPMENT; MASS TRANSIT; NEW FORMS; PROPERTY ATTRACTIVENESS; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; TRANSPORT SERVICES; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; URBAN MOBILITY; WORK-RELATED;

MASS TRANSPORTATION; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

SURVEYS;

BUS TRANSPORT; PERCEPTION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84858252083     PISSN: 03081060     EISSN: 10290354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2011.651885     Document Type: Article

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