An empirical evaluation of the impact of three urban transportation policies on transit use

Transport Policy

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-19

  De Grange, Louis ^a   Troncoso, Rodrigo ^b   González, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Automobile use regulation; Cross sectional data; Econometric model; Metro; Transit fare subsidies; Transportation policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84861561090     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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