Students' perceptions of difficulties in cycling to school in urban and suburban Taiwan

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2060, 2008, Pages 123-130

  Chang, Hsin Wen ^a   Chang, Hsin Li ^b  

^a CHUNG HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES;

DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; LEVEL OF DIFFICULTIES; MATCHINGS; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS; TAIWANESE STUDENTS; TRAINING PROGRAM; URBAN STUDENTS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 56749179756     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2060-14     Document Type: Article

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