The potential of social media in delivering transport policy goals

Transport Policy

Volumn 32, Issue , 2014, Pages 115-123

  Gal Tzur, Ayelet ^a   Grant Muller, Susan M ^b   Kuflik, Tsvi ^c   Minkov, Einat ^c   Nocera, Silvio ^d   Shoor, Itay ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY IUAV OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Social media; Text mining; Transport planning; Transport policy; Travel behaviour

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; STAKEHOLDER; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84893473917     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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