A people-centred view on paratransit in South Africa

Cities

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 284-293

  Woolf, S E ^a   Joubert, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Minibus; Paratransit; South Africa

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; BUS TRANSPORT; CAR USE; DEREGULATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84885321390     PISSN: 02642751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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