Investigating the subjective and objective factors influencing teenagers' school travel mode choice - An integrated choice and latent variable model

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 473-488

  Kamargianni, Maria ^a   Dubey, Subodh ^b   Polydoropoulou, Amalia ^c   Bhat, Chandra ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cycling; Integrated Choice Latent Variable (ICLV) models; Multinomial probit (MNP); School transportation; Walking

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION;

CONVERGENCE PROBLEMS; CYCLING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LATENT VARIABLE; LATENT VARIABLE MODELING; MULTINOMIAL PROBIT; TRAVEL MODE CHOICES; WALKING;

PUBLIC POLICY;

CYCLE TRANSPORT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION MODE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84936098671     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2015.06.011     Document Type: Article

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