An integrated method to optimise the infrastructure costs of bus rapid transit systems

Structure and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1017-1033

  Caicedo, Bernardo ^a   Ocampo, Manuel ^a   Sanchez Silva, Mauricio ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

infrastructure planning; life cycle cost; optimisation; pavement design; reliability; transport planning

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; LIFECYCLE COSTS; OPTIMISATIONS; PAVEMENT DESIGN; TRANSPORT PLANNING;

COSTS; INTEGRATED CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; RELIABILITY; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

BUS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84863990999     PISSN: 15732479     EISSN: 17448980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15732479.2010.499951     Document Type: Article

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