Using odometer readings to assess VKT changes associated with a voluntary travel behaviour change program

Transport Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 325-334

  Seethaler, Rita ^a   Rose, Geoff ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Instrument reactivity; Odometer reading; Panel survey; Regression to the mean effect; Response bias; Sample size; TravelSmart; Vehicle kilometres

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INSTRUMENTATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 70450237649     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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