Assessing the transportation needs of low-mobility individuals: Case study of a small urban community in Utah

Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 104-114

  Jansuwan, Sarawut ^a   Christensen, Keith M ^b   Chen, Anthony ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Elderly; Individual with disabilities; Low income individual; Low mobility; Social network

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ELDERLY; INDIVIDUAL WITH DISABILITIES; LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUAL; LOW-MOBILITY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

ACCESSIBILITY; DISABILITY; ELDERLY POPULATION; MOBILITY; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SOCIAL NETWORK; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT; WALKING;

CACHE COUNTY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84879705218     PISSN: 07339488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000142     Document Type: Article

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