Taxicabs as public transportation in Boston, Massachusetts

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2277, 2012, Pages 65-74

  Austin, Drew ^a   Zegras, P ^b  

^a The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSPORTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

MASS TRANSIT; MASS TRANSIT SYSTEMS; MASSACHUSETTS; MODE FUNCTIONS; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; REGRESSION MODELLING; TIME OF DAY; TRANSPORTATION MODE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

TAXICABS;

EID: 84869169390     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2277-08     Document Type: Article

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