Accommodating underlying pro-environmental attitudes in a rail travel context: Application of a latent variable latent class specification

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue , 2013, Pages 42-48

  Hess, Stephane ^a   Shires, Jeremy ^a   Jopson, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental attitudes; Greenhouse gas emissions; Rail transport; Stated preference method

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; GREENHOUSE GASES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES; JOURNEY TIME; LATENT VARIABLE; RAIL TRANSPORT; SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; STATED PREFERENCE METHOD; STATED PREFERENCE SURVEYS; UNIVERSITY DEGREE;

GAS EMISSIONS;

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CAR USE; GREENHOUSE GAS; RAILWAY TRANSPORT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84883244308     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2013.07.003     Document Type: Article

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