How in-vehicle activities affect work commuters' satisfaction with public transport

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 215-222

  Ettema, Dick ^a   Friman, Margareta ^b   Gärling, Tommy ^b,c   Olsson, Lars E ^b   Fujii, Satoshi ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activities; Public transport; Subjective well being; Travel satisfaction

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84865185196     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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