Objective correlates and determinants of bicycle commuting propensity in an urban environment

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 132-143

  Cole Hunter, T ^a,b   Donaire Gonzalez, D ^a,b,c   Curto, A ^a   Ambros, A ^a   Valentin, A ^a   Garcia Aymerich, J ^a,b,d   Martinez D ^a,b   Braun, L M ^e   Mendez, M ^f   Jerrett, M ^h   Rodriguez, D ^e   de Nazelle, A ^g   Nieuwenhuijsen, M ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Fundació Blanquerna ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^f University of North Carolina   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bicycle; Commute; Elevation; Environment; Greenness; Urban

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COMMUTE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENT; GREENNESS; URBAN;

BICYCLES;

COMMUTING; CYCLE TRANSPORT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN TRANSPORT;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84941060498     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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