Assessing public transport systems connectivity based on Google Transit data

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 105-116

  Hadas, Yuval ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Network analysis; Public transport; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

GIS; INTERNET; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; ROAD TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 84885930272     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.09.015     Document Type: Article

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