Changes in travel behavior in response to weather conditions: Do type of weather and trip purpose matter?

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2157, 2010, Pages 22-28

  Cools, Mario ^a   Moons, Elke ^a   Creemers, Lieve ^a   Wets, Geert ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY;

BELGIUM; CONDITION; DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS; FLANDERS; INDEPENDENCE TESTS; SAMPLE COMPOSITION; TRAFFIC FLOW; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR; TRAVEL DEMAND;

SURVEYS;

EID: 78651271664     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2157-03     Document Type: Article

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