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Transportation Letters
The International Journal of Transportation Research
Volume 6, 2014 - Issue 3
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A comfort scale for standing bus passengers in relation to certain road characteristics

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Pages 136-141 | Received 19 Nov 2013, Accepted 19 Feb 2014, Published online: 11 Apr 2014

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