Coordination of urban transit services: The german model
โ Scribed by James A. Dunn
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 619 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0049-4488
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โฆ Synopsis
In Germany, the need for coordination and integration of transport services has been seen as a pre-condition to improving public transporiation. A major step in this direction,which attracted world-wide attention, has been the institution of the Transport Federation (Verkehrsverbund). The paper discusses the operation of the Hamburg Transit Federation and considers a number of factors which have created a favorable climate for the development of public transportation in Germany.
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