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Walking Alone or Walking Together: Spatially Evaluating Children’s Travel Behavior to School

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Walking Alone or Walking Together: Spatially Evaluating Children’s Travel Behavior to School. / Rybarczyk, Greg; Ozbil Torun, Ayse; Yesiltepe, Demet et al.
In: SSRN, 31.03.2022.

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Rybarczyk, G, Ozbil Torun, A, Yesiltepe, D & Argin, G 2022, 'Walking Alone or Walking Together: Spatially Evaluating Children’s Travel Behavior to School', SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4071401

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Rybarczyk, G., Ozbil Torun, A., Yesiltepe, D., & Argin, G. (2022). Walking Alone or Walking Together: Spatially Evaluating Children’s Travel Behavior to School. SSRN. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4071401

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Rybarczyk G, Ozbil Torun A, Yesiltepe D, Argin G. Walking Alone or Walking Together: Spatially Evaluating Children’s Travel Behavior to School. SSRN. 2022 Mar 31. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.4071401

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Rybarczyk, Greg ; Ozbil Torun, Ayse ; Yesiltepe, Demet et al. / Walking Alone or Walking Together : Spatially Evaluating Children’s Travel Behavior to School. In: SSRN. 2022.

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