How land-use and urban form impact bicycle flows: Evidence from the bicycle-sharing system (BIXI) in Montreal

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 306-314

  Faghih Imani, Ahmadreza ^a   Eluru, Naveen ^a   El Geneidy, Ahmed M ^a   Rabbat, Michael ^a   Haq, Usama ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycle infrastructure; Bicycle sharing systems; BIXI arrivals and departures; BIXI Montreal; Land use and built environment; Linear mixed models

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TRANSPORT; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84909994382     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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