A multi-dimensional framework for evaluating the transit service performance

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 50, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-61

  Hassan, Mohammad Nurul ^a   Hawas, Yaser E ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Decision making; Multi criteria; Performance evaluation; Public transit

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING;

MACROSCOPIC LEVELS; MULTI DIMENSIONAL; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PUBLIC TRANSIT; SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MEASURES; WEIGHTED SCORING TECHNIQUES;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

DECISION MAKING; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; STAKEHOLDER;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 84874427879     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.01.041     Document Type: Article

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