My car, my friends, and me: a preliminary analysis of automobility and social activity participation

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-225

  Farber, Steven ^a   Páez, Antonio ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity analysis; Automobility; Duration; Participation; Portland; Social activities

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; CAR OWNERSHIP; CAR USE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL DEMAND; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 64749088478     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.07.008     Document Type: Article

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