Do we know whether personal travel planning really works?

Transport Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 306-314

  Bonsall, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bias; Evaluation; Marketing; Voluntary behaviour change

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARKETING; METHODOLOGY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 70450284399     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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