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Urban Congestion Charging: A Comparison between London and Singapore

Georgina Santos Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 511-534 | Received 16 Jun 2004, Accepted 20 Nov 2004, Published online: 23 Feb 2007

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