Barriers to teenage mobility in the greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada: Attitudes, concerns, and policy implications

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2231, 2011, Pages 61-67

  Marzoughi, Reihane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; PUBLIC POLICY;

CONVENTIONAL APPROACH; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; FIRST YEAR STUDENTS; GREATER TORONTO AREA; ONTARIO; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; TRANSPORTATION DEMAND; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR; URBAN FORM; URBAN TRAVELS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84455211096     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2231-08     Document Type: Article

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