Mode use and trip length of seniors in Montreal

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 89-99

  Moniruzzaman, Md ^a   Páez, Antonio ^a   Nurul Habib, Khandker M ^b   Morency, Catherine ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Joint discrete continuous model; Mode use; Seniors; Travel behavior; Trip length; Walking

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MOBILITY; MODELING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN TRANSPORT; WALKING;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84876730782     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.03.007     Document Type: Article

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