Impact of light rail on traffic congestion in Denver

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 262-270

  Bhattacharjee, Sutapa ^a   Goetz, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Denver; Light rail; Traffic congestion

Indexed keywords

LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

COLORADO; DENVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860488909     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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