Camionetas: Informal travel among immigrants

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 895-911

  Valenzuela Jr , Abel ^a   Schweitzer, Lisa ^b   Robles, Adriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Camionetas; Community based transportation; Immigrants; Informal transit; Privatized transit; Safety; Subalternity

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; GROUND VEHICLES; PUBLIC POLICY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

CAMIONETAS; COMMUNITY BASED TRANSPORTATION; INFORMAL TRANSIT; PRIVATIZED TRANSIT;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INFORMAL SECTOR; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24644441760     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2005.02.026     Document Type: Article

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