To use or not to use? An empirical study of pre-trip public transport information for business and leisure trips and comparison with car travel

Transport Policy

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 82-92

  Farag, Sendy ^a   Lyons, Glenn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Journey planning; Public transport; Structural Equation Modelling (SEM); Travel behaviour; Travel information

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84859005557     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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