Measuring the potential for bicycling and walking at a metropolitan commuter university

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Rybarczyk, Greg ^a   Gallagher, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Active living; Bicycling; Commuter university; GIS; Sustainability; Walking

Indexed keywords

COMMUTING; CYCLE TRANSPORT; GIS; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DATA; SUSTAINABILITY; TRAVEL DEMAND; TRAVEL TIME; WALKING;

EID: 84903853646     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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