The rise and fall of the American carpool: 1970-1990

Transportation

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 349-376

  Ferguson, Erik ^a  

^a Erik T Ferguson and Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpools; Education; Family income; Fuel economy; Gasoline prices; Vehicle availability

Indexed keywords

CARPOOLS; VEHICLE AVAILABILITY;

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FUEL ECONOMY;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

CARPOOLING; COMMUTING; JOURNEY TO WORK; TRANSPORT PATTERN;

USA;

EID: 0031277661     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004928012320     Document Type: Article

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