Intelligent Transport Systems: The propensity for environmental and economic benefits

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 149-166

  Grant Muller, Susan ^a   Usher, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic impacts; Environmental impacts; Intelligent transport; Propensity model; Sustainability; Transport policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894978702     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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