Sociospatial patterning of the use of new transport infrastructure: Walking, cycling and bus travel on the Cambridgeshire guided busway

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 199-211

  Heinen, Eva ^a   Panter, Jenna ^a   Dalton, Alice ^b   Jones, Andy ^b   Ogilvie, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bus use; Cycling; Intervention; Socioeconomic characteristics; Transport infrastructure; Walking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84943587597     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2014.10.006     Document Type: Article

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