Do air quality alerts reduce traffic? An analysis of traffic data from the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, Utah, USA

Transport Policy

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 173-185

  Tribby, Calvin P ^a   Miller, Harvey J ^a   Song, Ying ^a   Smith, Ken R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality alerts; Persuasion based policy; Soft policy; Traffic

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; METROPOLITAN AREA; OZONE; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

DAVIS COUNTY [UTAH]; SALT LAKE CITY; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 84885091720     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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