Steps in reserve: Comparing latent walk trips in Toronto, Ontario, and Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2140, 2009, Pages 111-119

  Morency, Catherine ^a   Roorda, Matthew J ^b   Demers, Marie ^c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

'CURRENT; DAILY TRAVEL BEHAVIOURS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICRODATA; NEIGHBOURHOOD; ONTARIO; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN; TORONTO; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 76749168595     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2140-12     Document Type: Article

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