Travel mode switching: Comparison of findings from two public transportation experiments

Transport Policy

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 48-59

  Abou Zeid, Maya ^a   Ben Akiva, Moshe ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Commute satisfaction.; Free public transportation trial; Mode switching; Psychological factors; Travel behavior modification

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84865294399     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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