Modelling travel time in urban networks: Comparable measures for private car and public transport

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 31, Issue , 2013, Pages 143-153

  Salonen, Maria ^a   Toivonen, Tuuli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Car; Door to door approach; Public transport; Travel mode; Travel time

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; AUTOMOBILE; MODELING; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL TIME; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84880420124     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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