Of "white crows" and "cash savers:" A qualitative study of travel behavior and perceptions of ridesharing in Denmark

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-123

  Nielsen, Jesper Riber ^a   Hovmøller, Harald ^a   Blyth, Pascale L ^b   Sovacool, Benjamin K ^a,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carpooling; Modal shift; Ridesharing; Sustainable transport

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; TRAVEL TIME;

CARPOOLING; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MODAL SHIFTS; PRIVATE TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE FACTORS; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RIDE-SHARING; SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMMUTING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

DENMARK;

CORVIDAE;

EID: 84930661079     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2015.04.033     Document Type: Article

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