Turning over a new franchise: Assessing the current health of public transport management in Melbourne

ATRF 2010: 33rd Australasian Transport Research Forum

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Stone, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACT ARRANGEMENTS; DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTS; FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; MELBOURNE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT; SENIOR MANAGERS; SERVICE DELIVERY; TRANSIT OPERATIONS; TRANSPORT PLANNING;

PRIVATIZATION; RESEARCH; TROLLEY CARS;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84866252619     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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