Hybrid choice model to investigate effects of teenagers' attitudes toward walking and cycling on mode choice behavior

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2382, 2013, Pages 151-161

  Kamargianni, Maria ^a   Polydoropoulou, Amalia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; SURVEYS;

CHOICE BEHAVIORS; CHOICE MODEL; ESTIMATE MODEL; HIGHER SCHOOL; HYBRID MODE; INVESTIGATE EFFECTS; LATENT VARIABLE; MODE CHOICE; STATED PREFERENCE SURVEYS; STATED PREFERENCES;

TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84897126223     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2382-17     Document Type: Article

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