Spatial heterogeneous impact of built environment on household auto ownership levels: Evidence from analysis at traffic analysis zone scales

Transportation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 26-34

  Ding, C ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Yang, J ^b   Liu, C ^c   Lin, Y ^d  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Auto ownership; Bayesian method; Built environment; Multilevel analysis; Ordered probit model; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION;

AUTO OWNERSHIP; BAYESIAN METHODS; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; MULTI-LEVEL ANALYSIS; ORDERED PROBIT MODEL; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY;

TRAFFIC CONTROL;

EID: 84960490772     PISSN: 19427867     EISSN: 19427875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1942787515Y.0000000004     Document Type: Article

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