Impact of light-rail implementation on labor market accessibility: A transportation equity perspective

Journal of Transport and Land Use

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 28-39

  Fan, Yingling ^a   Guthrie, Andrew ^a   Levinson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 84864529486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19387849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5198/jtlu.v5i3.240     Document Type: Article

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