Travel characteristics of commuters accessing transit: Case study

Journal of Transportation Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 684-694

  Rastogi, Rajat ^a   Rao, K V Krishna ^b  

^a Engineering College   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Bicycles; Commute; India; Public transportation; Travel patterns

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GROUND VEHICLES; PUBLIC POLICY;

CUMMULATIVE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; TRANSIT STATIONS;

TRANSPORTATION;

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUTING; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN TRANSPORT;

INDIA;

EID: 0344082165     PISSN: 0733947X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2003)129:6(684)     Document Type: Article

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