Modeling commuter preferences for the proposed bus rapid transit in Dar-es-Salaam

Journal of Public Transportation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-116

  Nkurunziza, Alphonse ^a,b   Zuidgeest, Mark ^a   Brussel, Mark ^c   Van Maarseveen, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84864251280     PISSN: 1077291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5038/2375-0901.15.2.5     Document Type: Article

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