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The Economics of Transportation Systems: A reference for practitioners

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The Economics of Transportation Systems: A reference for practitioners
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Publisher: The University of Texas
Number of pages: 310

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This Reference is designed to introduce transportation practitioners to the underlying economic realities of their profession. Ultimately, good engineering judgment, which is vital to defensible and optimal decision-making, relies in large part on good economic judgment.

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