How can psychological theory help cities increase walking and bicycling?

Journal of the American Planning Association

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-51

  Dill, Jennifer ^a   Mohr, Cynthia ^a   Ma, Liang ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bicycling; built environment; psychology; travel behavior; walking

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TRANSPORT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PSYCHOLOGY; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

OREGON; PORTLAND [OREGON]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906539604     PISSN: 01944363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2014.934651     Document Type: Article

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