Geographic heterogeneity in cycling under various weather conditions: Evidence from Greater Rotterdam

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 38-47

  Helbich, Marco ^a   Böcker, Lars ^a   Dijst, Martin ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active transportation; Cycling; Mode choice; Spatial analysis; The Netherlands; Weather

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; COMMUTING; CYCLE TRANSPORT; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; VECTOR AUTOREGRESSION;

NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84901978247     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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