Triangulation of two methods measuring the impacts of a free-floating carsharing system in Germany

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1654-1672

  Firnkorn, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Car2go; Empirical study; Free floating carsharing system; Impact measurement; Modal split; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

CAR2GO; CARSHARING; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; IMPACT MEASUREMENTS; MODAL SPLIT;

TRIANGULATION;

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOBILITY; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRIANGULATION;

BADEN-WURTTEMBERG; GERMANY; ULM;

EID: 84867003430     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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