Ticket to a sustainable future: An evaluation of the long-term durability of the Walking School Bus programme in Christchurch, New Zealand

Transport Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 314-323

  Kingham, Simon ^a   Ussher, Shannon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Christchurch; Transport policy; Walking; Walking School Bus

Indexed keywords

PEDESTRIAN; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CHRISTCHURCH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 23944467233     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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