Competitive transit network design in cities with radial street patterns

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-181

  Badia, Hugo ^a   Estrada, Miquel ^a   Robusté, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bus with high level of service; High performance bus; Hybrid network; Public transportation; Radial network; Transit network design

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORTATION; BUSES; DECISION MAKING; TOPOLOGY; TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

BUS WITH HIGH LEVEL OF SERVICES; HYBRID NETWORK; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; RADIAL NETWORKS; TRANSIT NETWORK DESIGN;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

ACCESSIBILITY; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; BUS TRANSPORT; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; NETWORK DESIGN; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84890849385     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2013.11.006     Document Type: Article

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