The Social Sciences

Year: 2015
Volume: 10
Issue: 6
Page No. 696 - 701

On the Motivations and Challenges Faced by Commuters Using Bus Rapid Transit in Lagos, Nigeria

Authors : H.I. Okagbue, M.O. Adamu, S.A. Iyase and E.A. Owoloko

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