Knowledge Cities and Transport Sustainability: The Link between the Travel Behavior of Knowledge Workers and Car-Related Job Perks

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-247

  Frenkel, Amnon ^a   Bendit, Edward ^a   Kaplan, Sigal ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

car related job perks; company car; knowledge cities; knowledge workers; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CAR-RELATED JOB PERKS; COMMUTE TRAVEL; KNOWLEDGE CITIES; KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY; KNOWLEDGE WORKERS; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; TRAVEL BEHAVIORS;

KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

CAR USE; EMPLOYMENT; METROPOLITAN AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

ISRAEL; TEL AVIV;

EID: 84884320437     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2012.688093     Document Type: Article

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