Intermetropolitan comparison of transportation accessibility: Sorting out mobility and proximity in san francisco and Washington, D.C.

Journal of Planning Education and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-443

  Grengs, Joe ^a   Levine, Jonathan ^a   Shen, Qing ^b   Shen, Qingyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use; Methods; Nonwork travel; Regional accessibility; Transportation; Urban form

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953059775     PISSN: 0739456X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0739456X10363278     Document Type: Article

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