An Evaluation Analysis on Three-Wheeled Personal Mobility Vehicles

International Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 164-172

  Ando, Ryosuke ^a   Li, Ang ^b  

^a Research Department TTRI (Toyota Transportation Research Institute)   (Japan)

^b Centre of Science and Technology of Construction   (China)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Personal attitudes; Personal mobility vehicle; Social trials; Toyota City

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DATA MINING; SEMANTICS; SURVEYS;

ACCEPTANCE; PERSONAL ATTITUDES; PERSONAL MOBILITY VEHICLES; SOCIAL TRIALS; TOYOTA CITY;

VEHICLES;

EID: 84982731629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18688659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13177-015-0111-x     Document Type: Article

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