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Measurement of urban travel demand

Daniel McFadden
- 01 Nov 1974 - 
- Vol. 3, Iss: 4
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In this paper, the authors suggest approaches to advancing the behavioral theory of travel demand and discuss some currently unresolved empirical questions on the determinants of travel behavior, and present results from a pilot study of rapid transit demand forecasting in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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This article is published in Journal of Public Economics.The article was published on 1974-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1818 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Travel behavior & Demand forecasting.

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