A Quality-Based Approach to Public Transportation Planning: Theory and a Case Study

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-106

  Cascetta, Ennio ^a   Cartenì, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

public transport service quality; quality measures; transport planning; travel behavior modeling

Indexed keywords

LARGE-SCALE TRANSPORT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT SERVICE; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; QUALITY INDICATORS; QUALITY MEASURES; TRANSPORT PLANNING; TRANSPORT PLANNING PROCESS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR MODELING;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EUROPEAN UNION; METRO SYSTEM; MODELING; PUBLIC SERVICE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY;

EID: 84878184419     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2012.758532     Document Type: Article

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