Using structural equations modeling to unravel the influence of land use patterns on travel behavior of workers in Montreal

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1252-1264

  de Abreu e Silva, João ^a   Morency, Catherine ^b   Goulias, Konstadinos G ^c  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Montreal; Structural equations modeling; Transport and land use; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ELIMINATION TECHNIQUES; MONTREAL; ROAD INFRASTRUCTURES; SOCIOECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS MODELING; STRUCTURAL EQUATIONS MODELING (SEM); TRANSPORT AND LAND USE; TRAVEL BEHAVIORS;

LAND USE;

ACCESSIBILITY; CAR OWNERSHIP; LAND USE; MODELING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; MONTREAL; PORTUGAL; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SEATTLE; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 84862299168     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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