Promoting Cycling for Transport: Research Needs and Challenges

Transport Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-24

  Handy, Susan ^a   van Wee, Bert ^b   Kroesen, Maarten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bicycle infrastructure; cost benefit analysis; cycling; cycling benefits; longitudinal methods; panel surveys; qualitative methods; travel surveys

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYCLE TRANSPORT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; INVESTMENT; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84893749873     PISSN: 01441647     EISSN: 14645327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2013.860204     Document Type: Review

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