Integrating walkability into planning practice

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2322, Issue , 2012, Pages 20-30

  Weinberger, Rachel ^a   Sweet, Matthias N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WALKING AIDS;

COST EFFECTIVE; EFFECTIVE TOOL; NEIGHBOURHOOD; REAL-ESTATES; SPECTRA'S; THREE MODELS; WALK SCORES; WALKING BEHAVIOR;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 85026481523     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2322-03     Document Type: Article

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