Bus operation, quality service and the role of bus provider and driver

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 167-178

  Rohani, Munzilah Md ^a   Wijeyesekera, Devapriya Chitral ^a   Karim, Ahmad Tarmizi Abd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TUN HUSSEIN ONN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bus driver; Bus operation; Bus provider; Quality service

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891686829     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.02.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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