Informal public transport: A global perspective

Urban Transport in the Developing World: A Handbook of Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 488-518

  Cervero, Robert ^a   Golub, Aaron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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