The roles of perceived effectiveness and problem awareness in the acceptability of road pricing in Bangkok

Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-188

  Piriyawat, Surames ^a   Van, Hong Tan ^b   Fujii, Satoshi ^b  

^a BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Perceived effectiveness; Problem awareness; Road pricing; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 67949109646     PISSN: 01253395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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