The influence of weather on local geographical patterns of bus usage

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 54, Issue , 2016, Pages 66-80

  Tao, Sui ^a   Corcoran, Jonathan ^a   Hickman, Mark ^a   Stimson, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geographic patterns; Public transport; Smart card data; Weather

Indexed keywords

BUS TRANSPORT; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 84970003085     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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