Walking to transit: An unexpected source of physical activity

Transport Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 800-806

  Morency, Catherine ^a,b   Trepanier Martin M ^a,b   Demers, Marie ^a,c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INTERUNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE ON ENTERPRISE NETWORKS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Public transportation; Steps; Transit; Walking

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 80051822634     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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