Commuting trade-offs and distance reduction in two-worker households

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-28

  Surprenant Legault, Julien ^a   Patterson, Zachary ^b   El Geneidy, Ahmed M ^c  

^a Agence metropolitaine de transport Charge d'etudes   (Canada)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commuting; Home to work distance; Spatial pattern; Two worker household

Indexed keywords

LAND USE;

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; COMMUTING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HOME TO WORK DISTANCE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TRANSPORTATION DEMAND; TRANSPORTATION POLICIES; TWO-WORKER HOUSEHOLD;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COMMUTING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; JOURNEY TO WORK; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84876732331     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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