The impact of free-floating carsharing on car ownership: Early-stage findings from London

Transport Policy

Volumn 75, Issue , 2019, Pages 119-127

  Le Vine, Scott ^a,b   Polak, John ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Car ownership impacts; Free floating carsharing; Logistic regression; Point to point carsharing

Indexed keywords

CAR OWNERSHIP; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85013477787     PISSN: 0967070X     EISSN: 1879310X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2017.02.004     Document Type: Article

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