Determinants of urban mobility in India: Lessons for promoting sustainable and inclusive urban transportation in developing countries

Transport Policy

Volumn 50, Issue , 2016, Pages 106-114

  Ahmad, Sohail ^a,b   Puppim de Oliveira, Jose A ^c,d,e,f,g  

^a MERCATOR RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON GLOBAL COMMONS AND CLIMATE CHANGE   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (UNU IIGH)   (Malaysia)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing country; India; Modal choice; Multivariate analysis; Sustainable development goals; Travel behaviour; Travel demand; Urban form

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; MOBILITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL DEMAND; URBAN TRANSPORT;

INDIA;

EID: 84973563175     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: 1879310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2016.04.014     Document Type: Article

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