The impact of weather conditions on bikeshare trips in Washington, DC

Transportation

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1205-1225

  Gebhart, Kyle ^a   Noland, Robert B ^b  

^a New York City Department of Transportation   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycle sharing; Multivariate analysis; Transit; Weather

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RAIN; SUBWAY STATIONS; WEATHERING;

BICYCLE SHARING; COLD TEMPERATURES; HIGH HUMIDITY; HUMIDITY LEVELS; IMPACT OF WEATHER CONDITIONS; METRO STATIONS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; TRANSIT;

SUBWAYS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CYCLE TRANSPORT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 84912050637     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-014-9540-7     Document Type: Article

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