Mood and mode: does how we travel affect how we feel?

Transportation

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-43

  Morris, Eric A ^a   Guerra, Erick ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Commuting; Derived demand; Happiness; Travel; Travel mode

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

AFFECT; COMMUTING; DERIVED DEMAND; HAPPINESS; TRAVEL; TRAVEL MODES;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84921068100     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-014-9521-x     Document Type: Article

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