Planning for street connectivity: Getting from here to there

APA Planning Advisory Service Reports

Volumn , Issue 515, 2003, Pages 1-75

  Handy, Susan ^a   Paterson, Robert G ^b   Butler, Kent S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN PLANNING; URBAN TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038505529     PISSN: 01608266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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