Commute mode choice in a developing country: Role of subjective factors and variations in responsiveness across captive, semicaptive, and choice segments

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2038, 2007, Pages 53-61

  Srinivasan, Karthik K ^a   Pradhan, Gautam N ^a   Maheswara Naidu, G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORECASTING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TRANSPORTATION CHARGES;

COMMUTE MODE CHOICE; FOUR-WHEELERS; MODE CHOICE DECISIONS; SUBJECTIVE FACTORS;

TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 42149178697     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2038-07     Document Type: Article

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