Diagnosing transportation

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2357, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Shah, Yousaf ^a   Manaugh, Kevin ^a   Badami, Madhav ^a   El Geneidy, Ahmed ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS;

BUDGET CONSTRAINT; COST EFFECTIVE; EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCIES; PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; POLICY MAKERS; RAPID URBANIZATIONS; TIME CONSTRAINTS; TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 84885449386     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2357-01     Document Type: Article

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