Rail Commuting to Workplaces in Belgium: A Multilevel Approach

This article looks at the ways in which rail can contribute to sustainability and sustainable transportation - environmentally, socially and economically. Issues covered are Determinants of rail use; Data, variable construction and method; and Results, in terms of how the findings are relevant to transportation policy. A Belgian questionnaire, Home to Work Travel, was used in order to analyze rail use at the workplace level. The appendix deals with measuring rail accessibility

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1080/15568318.2011.555599
• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • Vanoutrive, Thomas
  • Van Malderen, Laurent
  • Jourquin, Bart
  • Thomas, Isabelle
  • Verhetsel, Ann
  • Witlox, Frank
• Publication Date: 2012

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Figures; Maps; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 67-87
• Serial:
  • International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue Number: 1-6
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1556-8318
  • EISSN: 1556-8334
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ujst20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Economic and social factors; Railroad commuter service; Surveys; Sustainable transportation; Work trips
• Geographic Terms: Belgium
• Subject Areas: Environment; Policy; Railroads; I15: Environment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01365682
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 20 2012 2:59PM