Bike sharing: A review of evidence on impacts and processes of implementation and operation

Research in Transportation Business and Management

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-38

  Ricci, Miriam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bike sharing; Cycling policy; Evaluation; Evidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930376710     PISSN: 22105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rtbm.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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