Built Environment Impacts on Individual Mode Choice: An Empirical Study of the Houston-Galveston Metropolitan Area

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 447-470

  Lee, Jae Su ^a   Nam, Jin ^b   Lee, Sam Su ^c  

^a Seoul Institute   (South Korea)

^b University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^c Land and Housing Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

built environment; elasticity; Houston Galveston Area Council; mode choice; multinomial logit

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; HOUSTON-GALVESTON AREAS; LAND USE AND TRANSPORTS; METROPOLITAN AREA; MODE CHOICE; MULTINOMIAL LOGIT; TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ZONES;

ECONOMICS;

ELASTICITY;

DEMAND ELASTICITY; LAND USE PLANNING; LOGIT ANALYSIS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROAD PRICING; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; TRANSPORTATION MODE; URBAN TRANSPORT;

GALVESTON; HOUSTON; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890101019     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2012.716142     Document Type: Article

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