Is non-work travel excessive?

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 411-416

  Horner, Mark W ^a   O'Kelly, Morton E ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commuting; Efficiency; Excess; Journey to work; Nonwork travel

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PLACE THEORY; COMMUTING; JOURNEY TO WORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 35448988573     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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