Modelling the potential effect of shared bicycles on public transport travel times in Greater Helsinki: An open data approach

Applied Geography

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-24

  Jäppinen, Sakari ^a,b   Toivonen, Tuuli ^a   Salonen, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b City of Helsinki   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Bicycle sharing system; Cycling; Daily mobility; Open data; Public transport

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AGGLOMERATION; COMPETITIVENESS; CYCLE TRANSPORT; MODELING; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN TRANSPORT;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84879704123     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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