What affects transit ridership? a dynamic analysis involving multiple factors, lags and asymmetric behaviour

Urban Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1893-1908

  Chen, Cynthia ^a   Varley, Don ^b   Chen, Jason ^c  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c AECOM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ELASTICITY; FOSSIL FUEL; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRICING POLICY; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79958237179     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098010379280     Document Type: Article

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