Assessing the impact of the built environment on travel behavior: A case study of Buffalo, New York

Transportation

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 663-678

  Tracy, Andrew J ^a   Su, Peng ^a   Sadek, Adel W ^a   Wang, Qian ^b  

^a University at Buffalo The State University of New York ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Mode choice; Smart growth; The built environment; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; DATA SOURCE; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; LINEAR MODELING; MODE CHOICE; NEW YORK; PLANNING MODELS; POST-PROCESSOR; SMART GROWTH; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL BEHAVIORS; TRAVEL MODELS;

TRANSPORTATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANNING METHOD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

BUFFALO; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959208840     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-011-9337-x     Document Type: Article

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