How satisfying is the scale for travel satisfaction?

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages 121-130

  De Vos, Jonas ^a   Schwanen, Tim ^b   Van Acker, Veronique ^a,c   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Belgium; Ghent; Reliability; Transport mode; Travel satisfaction; Well being

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION;

BELGIUM; GHENT; TRANSPORT MODES; TRAVEL SATISFACTION; WELL BEING;

RELIABILITY;

EID: 84923226347     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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