Vehicle-type choice and neighbourhood characteristics: An empirical study of Hamilton, Canada

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-186

  Potoglou, Dimitris ^a,b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Built environment; Neighbourhood characteristics; Vehicle type choice

Indexed keywords

FUEL ECONOMY; GASOLINE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; VEHICLE-TYPE CHOICE;

TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

ACCESSIBILITY; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GIS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL DATA; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 41849098498     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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