What’s your type: a multidimensional cyclist typology

Transportation

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1153-1169

  Damant Sirois, Gabriel ^a   Grimsrud, Michael ^a   El Geneidy, Ahmed M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycle commuting; Cyclist typology; Factor cluster analysis; Infrastructure preference; Motivation

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MOTIVATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

CONGESTION REDUCTION; CYCLING FREQUENCIES; CYCLING MODES; CYCLIST TYPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; INFRASTRUCTURE PREFERENCE; POLICY MAKERS; TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS;

BICYCLES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUTING; CYCLE TRANSPORT; FACTOR ANALYSIS; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84911998456     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-014-9523-8     Document Type: Article

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