A case for measuring individuals' access to private-vehicle travel as a matter of degrees: Lessons from focus groups with Mexican immigrants in California

Transportation

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 601-612

  Lovejoy, Kristin ^a   Handy, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auto ownership; Carpool; Immigrant; Rideshare; Vehicleaccess

Indexed keywords

(2+1) DIMENSIONS; BUSINESS MEDIA; CALIFORNIA; FOCUS GROUPS; FUTURE RESEARCH; POPULATION GROUPS; SPRINGER (CO); TRANSPORTATION POLICIES; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR;

VEHICLES;

CAR USE; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; IMMIGRANT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47249099744     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-008-9169-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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