The influences of the built environment and residential self-selection on pedestrian behavior: Evidence from Austin, TX

Transportation

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-20

  Cao, Xinyu ^a   Handy, Susan L ^b   Mokhtarian, Patricia L ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Derived demand; Land use; Negative binomial regression; Pedestrian; Travel behavior; Walking

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DERIVED DEMAND; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

LAND USE; PEDESTRIAN; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

AUSTIN; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31044439019     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-005-7027-2     Document Type: Article

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