BRT and BHLS around the world: Explosive growth, large positive impacts and many issues outstanding

Research in Transportation Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-13

  Hidalgo, Darío ^a   Gutiérrez, Luis ^a  

^a WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

BHLS; BRT; Bus Rapid Transit; Bus systems; Buses of High Level of Service; Sustainable transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870300279     PISSN: 07398859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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