Trip generation of vulnerable populations in three Canadian cities: A spatial ordered probit approach

Transportation

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 525-548

  Roorda, Matthew J ^a   Páez, Antonio ^b   Morency, Catherine ^c   Mercado, Ruben ^a   Farber, Steven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elderly; Low income; Ordered probit; Single parent; Social exclusion; Trip generation

Indexed keywords

GENERAL POPULATION; HAMILTONS; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL PROGRAMS; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DIFFERENCES; SPATIAL EXPANSION; TORONTO; TRANSPORT SURVEYS; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURES; URBAN AREAS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ELDERLY POPULATION; LOW INCOME POPULATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT;

CANADA;

EID: 77953024446     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-010-9263-3     Document Type: Article

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