The role of urban form and transit in city car dependence: Analysis of 26 global cities from 1960 to 2000

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 33, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-110

  McIntosh, James ^a   Trubka, Roman ^a   Kenworthy, Jeff ^a   Newman, Peter ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Car dependence; Transit planning; Urban density

Indexed keywords

MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; TRANSPORTATION;

ANALYSIS OF DATA; INDIRECT EFFECTS; LOCATION EFFECTS; STATISTICAL MODELLING; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING; TRANSIT PLANNING; TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE; URBAN DENSITY;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

CAR USE; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; URBAN AREA; URBAN TRANSPORT;

EID: 84907968020     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2014.08.013     Document Type: Article

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