Estimating use of non-motorized infrastructure: Models of bicycle and pedestrian traffic in Minneapolis, MN

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 307-316

  Hankey, Steve ^a   Lindsey, Greg ^a   Wang, Xize ^a   Borah, Jason ^a   Hoff, Kristopher ^a   Utecht, Brad ^a   Xu, Zhiyi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Active travel; Environmental planning; Greenway; Urban trail

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; LAND USE; LOCATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

ACTIVE TRAVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GREENWAYS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION; NON-MOTORIZED TRAFFICS; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC; URBAN TRAIL;

ELECTRIC BIKES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GREENSPACE; PEDESTRIAN; POLICY MAKING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN TRANSPORT;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864508877     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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