Rarely enjoyed? A count data analysis of ridership in Germany's public transport

Transport Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 425-433

  Frondel, Manuel ^a   Vance, Colin ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Household data; Pricing policy; Transit ridership; Zero inflated models

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICE; FUEL; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MODELING; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; ROAD PRICING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

GERMANY;

EID: 79251623548     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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