Light rail use is more likely on " walkable" blocks: Further support for using micro-level environmental audit measures

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 206-214

  Werner, Carol M ^a   Brown, Barbara B ^a   Gallimore, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active living; Crime safety; New urbanism; Transit use; Walkability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952888217     PISSN: 02724944     EISSN: 15229610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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