The optimal choice of commuting speed: Consequences for commuting time, distance and costs

Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 279-296

  Van Ommeren, Jos ^a   Dargay, Joyce ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; COMMUTING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; TRAVEL TIME;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745466347     PISSN: 00225258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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