Influence of weather conditions on transit ridership: A statistical study using data from Smartcards

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Arana, P ^a   Cabezudo, S ^a   Penalba M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bus ridership; Smartcard; Travel purpose; Weather conditions

Indexed keywords

BUSES; LEISURE INDUSTRY; LINEAR REGRESSION; METEOROLOGY; SMART CARDS;

BEHAVIOURAL STUDIES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PERSONAL BUSINESS; STATISTICAL STUDY; TEMPERATURE RISE; TRANSIT RIDERSHIPS; TRAVEL PURPOSE;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

BUS TRANSPORT; BUSINESS; METEOROLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SHOPPING ACTIVITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WEATHER;

BASQUE COUNTRY; GIPUZKOA; SPAIN;

EID: 84888044034     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2013.10.019     Document Type: Article

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