The social context of informal commuting: Slugs, strangers and structuration

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 258-268

  Mote, Jonathon E ^a   Whitestone, Yuko ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Informal commuting; Qualitative research; Slugging; Social context; Social interaction; Transportation policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANES; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

INFORMAL COMMUTING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SLUGGING; SOCIAL CONTEXT; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TRANSPORTATION POLICIES;

MASS TRANSPORTATION;

COMMUTING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN TRANSPORT;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 79952431597     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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