The effects of ozone action day public advisories on train ridership in Chicago

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 445-458

  Welch, Eric ^a   Gu, Xiaohua ^a   Kramer, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ozone; Public campaign; Transit choice; Voluntary policy

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; PUBLIC POLICY; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAPID TRANSIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GROUND LEVEL OZONE; OZONE ACTION DAY PUBLIC ADVISORY; PUBLIC CAMPAIGN; TRANSIT CHOICE; VOLUNTARY POLICY;

URBAN PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTALISM; OZONE; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24644471507     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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