Commuting trips within tours: How is commuting related to land use?

Transportation

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 465-486

  van Acker, Veronique ^a   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Commuting; Ghent; Land use; Multiple group structural equation model

Indexed keywords

BELGIUM; CAR USE; COMMUTING; COMMUTING TIME; COMPLEX NATURE; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; GHENT; INDIVIDUAL-BASED; LAND USE PATTERN; LAND USE POLICY; LAND-USE SCENARIO; MODAL CHOICE; MULTIPLE GROUP STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODEL; MULTIPLE-GROUP; SEM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR;

AUTOMOBILES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

LAND USE;

CAR USE; COMMUTING; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRAVEL TIME;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS; GHENT;

EID: 79954610770     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-010-9309-6     Document Type: Article

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