Weather or not to cycle: Temporal trends and impact of weather on cycling in an urban environment

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2247, 2011, Pages 42-52

  Miranda Moreno, Luis ^a   Nosal, Thomas ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMIDITY CONTROL; RAIN;

AUTOMATIC COUNTING; CONDITION; DATA SET; EXTREME WEATHER CONDITIONS; PRECIPITATION TEMPERATURE; SUMMER MONTHS; TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITIES; TEMPORAL TRENDS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

BICYCLES;

EID: 84855231095     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2247-06     Document Type: Review

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