Breaking into bicycle theft: Insights from Montreal, Canada

International Journal of Sustainable Transportation

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 490-501

  van Lierop, Dea ^a   Grimsrud, Michael ^a   El Geneidy, Ahmed ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bicycle parking; Cycling; Cycling facilities; Logit; Montreal; Theft; Victimization

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; TRANSPORTATION;

CYCLING; LOGIT; MONTREAL; THEFT; VICTIMIZATION;

CRIME;

CRIME; CYCLE TRANSPORT; PARKING; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84976478152     PISSN: 15568318     EISSN: 15568334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15568318.2013.811332     Document Type: Article

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