Cycle commuting in Belgium: Spatial determinants and 're-cycling' strategies

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 118-137

  Vandenbulcke, Grégory ^a   Dujardin, Claire ^a,b   Thomas, Isabelle ^a,b   Geus, Bas de ^c   Degraeuwe, Bart ^d   Meeusen, Romain ^c   Panis, Luc Int ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b National Fund for Scientific Research (FRS FNRS)   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^e HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Commuting; Cycling; Pro cycling strategies; Spatial lag model; Spatial regime

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DECISION MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMMUTING; CYCLING; PRO-CYCLING STRATEGIES; SPATIAL LAG MODELS; SPATIAL REGIME;

BICYCLES;

AUTOCORRELATION; COMMUTING; CYCLE TRANSPORT; HETEROGENEITY; JOURNEY TO WORK; LINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

BELGIUM;

EID: 78751591573     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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