Understanding repetitive travel mode choices in a stable context: A panel study approach

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 621-638

  Thøgersen, John ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Habit; Panel analysis; Public transport; Structural equation modeling; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

PANEL ANALYSIS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TRANSPORT BEHAVIOR;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

PERCEPTION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33747273036     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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