A measure of equity for public transit connectivity

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 29-41

  Welch, Timothy F ^a   Mishra, Sabyasachee ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c University of Memphis   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity; Frequency; Graph theory; Multi modal transit; Transit equity

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; GRAPHICAL METHOD; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884962311     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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