Measuring accessibility: Positive and normative implementations of various accessibility indicators

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 25, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-153

  Páez, Antonio ^a   Scott, Darren M ^a   Morency, Catherine ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Day care; Montreal; Normative; Positive; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84867641709     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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