Public transport access and availability in the RESIDE study: Is it taking us where we want to go?

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-49

  Badland, Hannah ^a   Hickey, Sharyn ^b   Bull, Fiona ^b   Giles Corti, Billie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults; GIS; Private motor vehicle; Public transit; Work commute

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899870789     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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