Modeling the Service Quality of Public Bicycle Schemes Considering User Heterogeneity

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 580-591

  Bordagaray, Maria ^a   dell’Olio, Luigi ^a   Ibeas, Ángel ^a   Alonso, Borja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

focus group; heterogeneity; ordered probit; public bicycles; quality

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; IMAGE QUALITY;

FOCUS GROUPS; HETEROGENEITY; ORDERED PROBIT; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; PUBLIC BICYCLES; RANDOM PARAMETERS; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; USER HETEROGENEITY;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

CYCLE TRANSPORT; MODEL TEST; PARAMETERIZATION; PLANNING METHOD; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 84926347423     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2013.838722     Document Type: Article

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