Travel behaviors, sustainable mobility, and transit-oriented developments: A travel counts analysis of older adults in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Boschmann, Eric E ^a   Brady, Sylvia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Denver; Older adults; Sustainability; Transit oriented development; Travel behaviors

Indexed keywords

AGING; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN TRANSPORT;

COLORADO; DENVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884784083     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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