Exploring temporal fluctuations of daily cycling demand on Dutch cycle paths: The influence of weather on cycling

Transportation

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-22

  Thomas, Tom ^a   Jaarsma, Rinus ^b   Tutert, Bas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bicycle flows; Recreation; Regression; Residuals; Sustainable mobility; Time series

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES;

DAILY FLUCTUATIONS; POLICY INTERVENTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RECREATION; REGRESSION; RESIDUALS; SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY; TEMPORAL FLUCTUATION;

BICYCLES;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CYCLE TRANSPORT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAVEL DEMAND; WEATHER;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84871976408     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-012-9398-5     Document Type: Article

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