The road to happiness: Measuring Dutch car drivers' satisfaction with travel

Transport Policy

Volumn 27, Issue , 2013, Pages 171-178

  Ettema, Dick ^a   Gärling, Tommy ^b,c   Olsson, Lars E ^c   Friman, Margareta ^c   Moerdijk, Sjef ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Centre for Transport and Navigation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Car; Road characteristics; Traffic; Travel satisfaction; Well being

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; DECISION MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84875133048     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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