Gender and used/preferred differences of bicycle routes, parking, intersection signals, and bicycle type: Professional middle class preferences in Hangzhou, China

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-133

  Lusk, Anne C ^a   Wen, Xu ^b   Zhou, Lijun ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bicycle environments; Preferences; Socializing; Weight control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901992411     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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