Changing commuters' behavior using rewards: A study of rush-hour avoidance

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 354-368

  Ben Elia, Eran ^a   Ettema, Dick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Behavior change; Congestion; Habitual behavior; Information; Motivation; Reward

Indexed keywords

SIGNAL ENCODING; SMARTPHONES;

ATTITUDES; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONGESTION; HABITUAL BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION; REWARD;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 79959974460     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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