A statistical analysis of bike sharing usage and its potential as an auto-trip substitute

Journal of Transport and Health

Volumn 12, Issue , 2019, Pages 253-262

  Barbour, Natalia ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Mannering, Fred ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Health indicator; Mode shift; Random parameter logit models; Shared mobility; Travel behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 85061807862     PISSN: 22141405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2019.02.004     Document Type: Article

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