Safety perceptions and reported behavior related to cycling in mixed traffic: A comparison between Brisbane and Copenhagen

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 23, Issue , 2014, Pages 32-43

  Chataway, Elijah Steven ^a   Kaplan, Sigal ^b   Nielsen, Thomas Alexander Sick ^b   Prato, Carlo Giacomo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Cycling; Emerging cycling cities; Fear of traffic; Mixed traffic; Structural equation models

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BICYCLES;

BRISBANE , AUSTRALIA; COPING STRATEGIES; CYCLING; EMERGING CYCLING CITIES; MIXED TRAFFIC; SAFETY PERCEPTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

SAFETY ENGINEERING;

EID: 84892705036     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

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