Public road transport efficiency: a literature review via the classification scheme

Public Transport - Tập 4 Số 2 - Trang 101-128 - 2012
Sami Jarboui1, Pascal Forget2, Younés Boujelbène3
1Unit of Research in Applied Economics URECA, Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax, University of Sfax Tunisia, Sfax, Tunisia
2Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres Canada, Trois-Rivieres (Quebec), Canada
3Faculty of Economics and Management of Sfax, University of Sfax Tunisia, Sfax, Tunisia

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