Travel choice with no alternative: Can land use reduce automobile dependence?

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 311-326

  Zhang, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile dependence; Boston; Land use; Logit model; Transportation policy

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; LAND USE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33144484170     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X05280544     Document Type: Article

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