Benchmarking vehicle and passenger travel characteristics in Delhi for on-road emissions analysis

Travel Behaviour and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 88-101

  Goel, Rahul ^a   Guttikunda, Sarath K ^a,b   Mohan, Dinesh ^a   Tiwari, Geetam ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84924040080     PISSN: 2214367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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