Traffic exposure near the Los Angeles-Long Beach port complex: Using GPS-enhanced tracking to assess the implications of unreported travel and locations

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1399-1409

  Houston, Douglas ^a   Ong, Paul ^b   Jaimes, Guillermo ^c   Winer, Arthur ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Air pollution exposure; GPS; Heavy duty trucks; Traffic; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GPS; MITIGATION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PORT OPERATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CALIFORNIA; LONG BEACH [CALIFORNIA]; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052085270     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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