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Original Articles

Built Environment Impacts on Individual Mode Choice: An Empirical Study of the Houston-Galveston Metropolitan Area

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Pages 447-470 | Received 11 Aug 2011, Accepted 24 Jul 2012, Published online: 07 Dec 2013

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