Measuring the gap between car and transit accessibility: Estimating access using a high-resolution transit network geographic information system

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2144, 2010, Pages 28-35

  Benenson, Itzhak ^a   Martens, Karel ^b   Rofé, Yodan ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; LAND USE; MASS TRANSPORTATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; TRAFFIC CONTROL; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; ACCESSIBILITY MEASURES; HIGH RESOLUTION; TEL AVIV; TRANSIT NETWORKS; TRANSPORT MODES; TRANSPORT POLICY; TRAVEL-TIME; URBAN LAND USE; URBAN REGIONS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 78651304711     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2144-04     Document Type: Article

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