Latent bicycle commuting demand and effects of gender on commuter cycling and accident rates

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2190, 2010, Pages 28-36

  Twaddle, Heather ^a   Hall, Fred ^a   Bracic, Blanka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b The City of Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

ACCIDENT RATE; BICYCLE LANES; CALGARY; COMMUTER CYCLING; CYCLING RATES; ONLINE SURVEYS; PER UNIT; SAFETY ISSUES; SIMILAR NUMBERS; UNIVERSITY CAMPUS;

BICYCLES;

EID: 78951483094     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2190-04     Document Type: Article

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