Travelers' need for information in traffic and transit: Results from a web survey

Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems: Technology, Planning, and Operations

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 57-67

  Chorus, Caspar G ^a   Arentze, Theo A ^a   Timmermans, Harry J P ^a   Molin, Eric J E ^b   Van Wee, Bert ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ATIS; Traffic; Transit; Web survey

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; WEBSITES;

TRAVEL INFORMATION; TRAVEL TIME; WEB SURVEY;

INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS;

EID: 34247889923     PISSN: 15472450     EISSN: 15472442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15472450701293841     Document Type: Article

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