Estimating social travel demand of senior citizens in the Netherlands

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 323-331

  van den Berg, Pauline ^a   Arentze, Theo ^a   Timmermans, Harry ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Senior citizens; Social trips; Travel demand

Indexed keywords

CAR OWNERSHIP; ESTIMATION METHOD; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL DEMAND;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79951508589     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.03.018     Document Type: Article

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