Bus rapid transit: A review of recent advances

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 421-455

  Wright, Lloyd ^a  

^a ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

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