Travel mode choice and travel satisfaction: bridging the gap between decision utility and experienced utility

Transportation

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 771-796

  De Vos, Jonas ^a   Mokhtarian, Patricia L ^b   Schwanen, Tim ^c   Van Acker, Veronique ^a,d   Witlox, Frank ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Residential location; Travel behavior; Travel mode choice; Travel satisfaction; Travel related attitudes

Indexed keywords

MASS TRANSPORTATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

RESIDENTIAL LOCATIONS; TRAVEL BEHAVIORS; TRAVEL MODE CHOICES; TRAVEL SATISFACTION; TRAVEL-RELATED ATTITUDES;

TRANSPORTATION;

NEIGHBORHOOD; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SUBURBAN AREA; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

BELGIUM; EAST FLANDERS; GHENT;

EID: 84929441237     PISSN: 00494488     EISSN: 15729435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11116-015-9619-9     Document Type: Article

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