Sustainable, safe, smart-three key elements of Singapore's evolving transport policies

Transport Policy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-31

  Haque, M M ^a   Chin, H C ^a   Debnath, A K ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Safety; Singapore; Smartness; Sustainability; Urban mobility

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; LAND USE PLANNING; MOBILITY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL DEMAND; URBAN TRANSPORT;

SINGAPORE [SINGAPORE (NTN)]; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84874565509     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.11.017     Document Type: Article

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