The impact of fare integration on travel behavior and transit ridership

Transport Policy

Volumn 21, Issue , 2012, Pages 63-70

  Sharaby, Nir ^a   Shiftan, Yoram ^b  

^a NSH Strategic Investment   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fare integration; Survey; Transit ridership; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

HAIFA [ISRAEL]; ISRAEL;

EID: 84857125325     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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