Spatio-temporal patterns of a Public Bicycle Sharing Program: The effect of weather and calendar events

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 292-305

  Corcoran, Jonathan ^a   Li, Tiebei ^b   Rohde, David ^a   Charles Edwards, Elin ^a   Mateo Babiano, Derlie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calendar events; Flow comap; Public Bicycle Sharing Programs; Weather

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TRANSPORT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; URBAN TRANSPORT; WEATHER;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84909998328     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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