Motivators and deterrents of bicycling: Comparing influences on decisions to ride

Transportation

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 153-168

  Winters, Meghan ^a   Davidson, Gavin ^b   Kao, Diana ^c   Teschke, Kay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b TransLink (South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority)   (Canada)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Influence; Infrastructure; Non motorized transport; Survey

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; ELECTRIC BIKES; NOISE POLLUTION; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

INFLUENCE; INFRASTRUCTURE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC NOISE;

NONMOTORIZED TRANSPORTATION;

CYCLE TRANSPORT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 78650519658     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-010-9284-y     Document Type: Article

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