Determinants of automobile use: Comparison of Germany and the United States

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2139, 2009, Pages 161-171

  Buehler, Ralph ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LAND USE; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; OPERATING COSTS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS; INDIVIDUAL LEVELS; NATIONAL TRAVEL SURVEYS; OIL DEPENDENCE; PER CAPITA; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT; TRAFFIC FATALITIES; TRANSPORTATION POLICIES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 76149143102     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2139-19     Document Type: Article

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