Psychological resistance against attempts to reduce private car use

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 171-181

  Tertoolen, Gerard ^a,b   Van Kreveld, Dik ^a   Verstraten, Ben ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR USE REDUCTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDES; TRANSPORT PLANNING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

PRIVATE CAR USE;

AUTOMOBILES;

EID: 0031597059     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-8564(97)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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