Understanding urban rail in-vehicle activities: An activity theory approach

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 46, Issue , 2017, Pages 70-86

  Camacho, Tiago ^a   Foth, Marcus ^a   Rakotonirainy, Andry ^a   Rittenbruch, Markus ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Activity theory; In vehicle activities; Public transport; Qualitative research; Urban rail

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY COEFFICIENTS; CRASHWORTHINESS; TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

ACTIVITY THEORY; EN-ROUTE; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTIONS; VEHICLE ACTIVITY;

URBAN TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 85013170676     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2017.01.010     Document Type: Article

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