Can information promote transportation-friendly location decisions? A simulation experiment

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 304-312

  Rodríguez, Daniel A ^a   Levine, Jonathan ^b   Agrawal, Asha Weinstein ^c   Song, Jumin ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental design; Location choice; Transportation land use connection; Traveler information

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; DECISION MAKING; LAND USE; LOCATION DECISION; POLICY MAKING; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EID: 79951516293     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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