"Turn on the radio, bust out a song": The experience of driving to work

Transportation

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 59-84

  Basmajian, Carlton ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Journey to work; Oral history; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

JOURNEY TO WORK; ROAD NETWORK; TRAVEL BEHAVIORS;

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

COMMUTING; GENDER; JOURNEY TO WORK; METROPOLITAN AREA; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950461168     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-009-9220-1     Document Type: Article

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