Potential for revival of the bicycle in Beijing

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 517-527

  Yang, Ming ^a   Zacharias, John ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; bicycle commuting; cycling perception; physical environment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AIR QUALITY; BICYCLES; CRASHWORTHINESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION;

BEIJING; BINARY LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; MOTORIZED VEHICLES; NON-MOTORIZED MODES; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; WORKING POPULATION;

SPORTING GOODS;

COMMUTING; CYCLE TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PERCEPTION; TRANSPORT VEHICLE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84975763814     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2015.1012281     Document Type: Article

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