Public bus transit travel-time variability in Ankara (Turkey)

Transport Policy

Volumn 23, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-59

  Yetiskul, Emine ^a   Senbil, Metin ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankara public bus system; Public transit; Travel time variability

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; PUBLIC SERVICE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL TIME;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84863661600     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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