Route choices of transport bicyclists: A comparison of actually used and shortest routes

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Krenn, Patricia J ^a   Oja, Pekka ^b   Titze, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bicycle lane; Bicycling; Environment; GIS; GPS

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BICYCLE; BICYCLE LANE; BICYCLE PATHWAY; BICYCLING ROUTE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; BICYCLING; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84899476872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-31     Document Type: Article

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