Accessibility evaluations of feeder transit services

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-63

  Chandra, Shailesh ^a   Bari, Muhammad Ehsanul ^b   Devarasetty, Prem Chand ^c   Vadali, Sharada ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

^c PayPal   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility maximization; Call n ride; Feeder transit; First last mile; Park n ride; Transit station accessibility

Indexed keywords

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACCESSIBILITY EVALUATION; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CALL-N-RIDE; FEEDER TRANSIT; FIRST/LAST MILE; INCREASING FUNCTIONS; OPERATING POLICIES; STATION ACCESSIBILITY;

FEEDING;

ACCESSIBILITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; PARK AND RIDE; PUBLIC SERVICE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

COLORADO; DENVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84879864389     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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