Retail gravitation and economic impact: A market-driven analytical framework for bike-share station location analysis in the United States

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 247-259

  Wuerzer, Thomas ^a   Mason, Susan G ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active living; bike share; GIS; location analysis; retail gravitation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GRAVITATION; LOCATION; SALES;

ACTIVE LIVING; BIKE SHARE; CALIBRATION ERROR; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; GRAVITATION MODELS; LOCATION ANALYSIS; MARKET DRIVEN; STATION LOCATION;

BICYCLES;

CYCLE TRANSPORT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; GIS; LOCATION THEORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962616879     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2014.897403     Document Type: Article

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