Social Media Use during Unplanned Transit Network Disruptions: A Review of Literature

Transport Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 501-521

  Pender, Brendan ^a   Currie, Graham ^a   Delbosc, Alexa ^a   Shiwakoti, Nirajan ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

communication; public transport; real time information; social media and crowdsourcing; transit disruptions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; MEDIA ROLE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; REAL TIME; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84903888456     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2014.915442     Document Type: Article

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