Walking as a mode of travel in Singapore

Data from a travel survey conducted in Singapore provided the opportunity to examine the role of walking as a mode of travel in a highly urbanised environment. The survey captured all movements over distances longer than 100m by motorised as well as non-motorised modes. The data show that despite in...

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Main Author: Tan, Cher Sin.
Other Authors: Olszewski, Piotr
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13081
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-130812023-03-03T19:25:26Z Walking as a mode of travel in Singapore Tan, Cher Sin. Olszewski, Piotr School of Civil and Structural Engineering Wong, Yiik Diew DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Transportation Data from a travel survey conducted in Singapore provided the opportunity to examine the role of walking as a mode of travel in a highly urbanised environment. The survey captured all movements over distances longer than 100m by motorised as well as non-motorised modes. The data show that despite increasing affluence and motorisation, walking still plays a fundamentally important role in mobility in Singapore. Overall, 39% of all trips were completed using walking as the only mode. Master of Science (Transportation Engineering) 2008-08-05T03:56:52Z 2008-10-20T07:04:02Z 2008-08-05T03:56:52Z 2008-10-20T07:04:02Z 1999 1999 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13081 en 121 p. application/pdf
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Tan, Cher Sin.
Walking as a mode of travel in Singapore
description Data from a travel survey conducted in Singapore provided the opportunity to examine the role of walking as a mode of travel in a highly urbanised environment. The survey captured all movements over distances longer than 100m by motorised as well as non-motorised modes. The data show that despite increasing affluence and motorisation, walking still plays a fundamentally important role in mobility in Singapore. Overall, 39% of all trips were completed using walking as the only mode.
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title Walking as a mode of travel in Singapore
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