Does Telecommuting Reduce Household Travel? A Case Study of Chicago Metropolitan Area

Evidences of the actual effects of telecommuting on household travel are inconclusive. This research contributes to the literature by estimating the effects of telecommuting on various types of household travel, using the Chicago Regional Household Travel Inventory (CRHTI). Specifically, this article addresses residential endogeneity by examining the households who moved within a year before the travel survey. If the households have telecommuters, the decisions or considerations of telecommuting tend to precede their residential relocations. Results suggest that telecommuting increases one-way journey-to-work distance of telecommuters themselves, but reduces journey-to-work durations of the non-telecommuters in the households as well as routine shopping trips. Effects of telecommuting on school trips and total household travels are insignificant.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ADB20 Effects of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on Travel Choices. Alternate title: Does Telecommuting Reduce Household Travel? Case Study of Chicago Metropolitan Area
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Hu, Lingqian
  • He, Sylvia Y
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 93rd Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC
  • Date: 2014-1-12 to 2014-1-16
• Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 15p
• Monograph Title: TRB 93rd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Households; Residential areas; Shopping trips; Telecommuting; Travel surveys
• Geographic Terms: Chicago Metropolitan Area
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01515457
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 14-4248
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 24 2014 8:42AM