A new street connectivity indicator to predict performance for feeder transit services

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 67-80

  Chandra, Shailesh ^a   Quadrifoglio, Luca ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity index; Feeder transit; Livability; Street network

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION;

CONNECTIVITY INDICES; FEEDER TRANSIT; LIVABILITY; SIMULATION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL FEATURES; STREET CONNECTIVITY; STREET NETWORK; TRANSIT SERVICES;

FEEDING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL DEMAND;

EID: 84875306453     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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