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Travel Plan Impacts

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This chapter focuses on the effectiveness of travel plans at a set of case study sites. The aim of the chapter is to evaluate the effectiveness of travel plans for new residential developments, while considering the potential for self-selection bias effects.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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De Gruyter, C. (2017). Travel Plan Impacts. In: Travel Plans for New Residential Developments: Insights from Theory and Practice. Springer Theses. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2092-6_8

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