Moving in and moving around: Immigrants, travel behavior, and implications for transport policy

Transportation Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-180

  Blumenberg, Evelyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigration; Mode choice; Travel behavior; Travel demographics

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749122590     PISSN: 19427867     EISSN: 19427875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3328/TL.2009.01.02.169-180     Document Type: Article

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