Statistical analysis of pedestrian perceptions of sidewalk level of service in the presence of bicycles

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-21

  Kang, Lei ^a   Xiong, Yingge ^a   Mannering, Fred L ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycles; Pedestrian attitudes; Pedestrian level of service; Random parameters ordered probit

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; PAVEMENTS; SPORTING GOODS; URBAN PLANNING; VIDEO CAMERAS;

DEVELOPING STRATEGY; LEVEL OF SERVICE; ORDERED PROBIT; PEDESTRIAN ATTITUDES; PROBABILITY MODELS; RANDOM PARAMETERS; UNOBSERVED HETEROGENEITY; WALKING ENVIRONMENTS;

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY;

CYCLE TRANSPORT; PEDESTRIAN; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN SERVICE; WALKING;

EID: 84880308476     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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