A spatial and temporal analysis of commute pattern changes in Central Texas

Annals of GIS

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 255-267

  Chen, Xuwei ^a   Zhan, F Benjamin ^b,c   Wu, Guangyu ^d  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning   (United States)

Author keywords

Commute; GIS; Network analysis; Texas; Transportation

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; GIS; JOURNEY TO WORK; METROPOLITAN AREA; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND; URBAN PLANNING;

AUSTIN; SAN ANTONIO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958717893     PISSN: 19475683     EISSN: 19475691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2010.539984     Document Type: Article

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