Transportation alternative preferences of the aging population

Travel Behaviour and Society

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 22-28

  Rahman, Md Mahmudur ^a   Strawderman, Lesley ^a,b   Adams Price, Carolyn ^b   Turner, Joshua J ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Transportation alternative selection; Travel behavior; Travel mode choice; Traveler's preference

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960097602     PISSN: 2214367X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tbs.2015.12.003     Document Type: Article

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