Sex changes everything: The recent narrowing and widening of travel differences by gender

Public Works Management and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 328-337

  Crane, Randall ^a   Takahashi, Lois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Commuting; Demographics; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949100549     PISSN: 1087724X     EISSN: 15527549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1087724X09335608     Document Type: Article

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