Understanding modal choice for the trip to school

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 509-514

  Lang, Debbie ^a   Collins, Damian ^b   Kearns, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auckland; Focus groups; Modal choice; Parenting; School travel; Walking

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; SUBURBAN AREA; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

AUCKLAND; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 79957517144     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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