Do your neighbors affect your bicycling choice? A spatial probit model for bicycling to The Ohio State University

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-130

  Wang, Chih Hao ^a   Akar, Gulsah ^b   Guldmann, Jean Michel ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicycling choice; Campus transportation; Neighborhood social effects; Social interactions; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

CYCLE TRANSPORT; ECONOMETRICS; NEIGHBORHOOD; SOCIAL IMPACT; TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921056479     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2014.12.003     Document Type: Article

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