Varying influences of the built environment on household travel in 15 diverse regions of the United States

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2330-2348

  Ewing, Reid ^a   Tian, Guang ^a   Goates, J P ^a   Zhang, Ming ^b   Greenwald, Michael J ^c   Joyce, Alex ^d   Kircher, John ^a   Greene, William ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United States)

^d Fregonese Associates Inc   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

D variables; Envision Tomorrow software; household travel; hurdle models; multilevel modelling; walk and bike trip generation

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; MODEL VALIDATION; SOFTWARE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; URBAN HOUSING; WALKING;

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EID: 84941253699     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014560991     Document Type: Article

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