Sustainability assessment at the transportation planning level: Performance measures and indexes

Transport Policy

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-21

  Jeon, Christy Mihyeon ^a   Amekudzi, Adjo A ^b   Guensler, Randall L ^b  

^a Parsons Corporation   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlanta metropolitan region; Decision making; Sustainable transportation systems; Transportation planning

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRADE-OFF; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871508808     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.10.004     Document Type: Article

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