Bus Rapid Transit System in Istanbul: A Success Story or Flawed Planning Decision?

Transport Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 792-813

  Babalik Sutcliffe, Ela ^a   Cengiz, Elif Can ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

BRT; Istanbul; Metrobus; public transport; transit performance

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

ISTANBUL [ISTANBUL (PRV)]; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84946490929     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2015.1059381     Document Type: Article

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