Quantifying the transport-related impacts of parental school choice in England

Transportation

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-90

  van Ristell, Jessica ^a   Quddus, Mohammed ^a   Enoch, Marcus ^a   Wang, Chao ^a   Hardy, Peter ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JMP Transport Consultants Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fuel consumption; Mode choice; Schools; Vehicle miles travelled

Indexed keywords

FUEL CONSUMPTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; VEHICLES;

CHILDHOOD OBESITY; HEALTH IMPLICATIONS; MODE CHOICE; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT; SCHOOL TRAVELS; SCHOOLS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR; VEHICLE MILES TRAVELLED;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871955899     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-012-9410-0     Document Type: Article

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