Geodemographic analysis and the identification of potential business partnerships enabled by transit smart cards

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 640-652

  Páez, Antonio ^a   Trépanier, Martin ^b,c   Morency, Catherine ^b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INTERUNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE ON ENTERPRISE NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business partnerships; Geodemographics; Public transportation; Smart card; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STORAGE AS A SERVICE (STAAS); SUBWAY STATIONS; SUBWAYS; SURVEYS;

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP; GEODEMOGRAPHICS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS; MONTREAL , CANADA; PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSIT AGENCIES; TRANSIT SERVICES;

SMART CARDS;

DEMOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MASS TRANSPORT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 79957639088     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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