Dynamics of bike sharing in Washington, DC and Brisbane, Australia: Implications for policy and planning

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 441-454

  Ahillen, Michael ^a,b   Mateo Babiano, Derlie ^a   Corcoran, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Fitzgerald Halliday   (United States)

Author keywords

Active transportation; bicycling; bike share; public transit; spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATIONS; BICYCLING; BIKE-SHARE; PUBLIC TRANSIT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BICYCLES;

CYCLE TRANSPORT; POLICY APPROACH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY; TRANSPORTATION SAFETY;

AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; QUEENSLAND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 84964841996     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2014.966933     Document Type: Article

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