Travel behavior in aging societies: Comparison of Germany and the United States

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2182, 2010, Pages 62-70

  Buehler, Ralph ^a   Nobis, Claudia ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

AGING SOCIETIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; LICENSED DRIVERS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NATIONAL TRAVEL SURVEYS; OLD AGE; SOCIAL GROUPS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR; TRAVEL SURVEYS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79551625437     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2182-09     Document Type: Article

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