To go, or not to go? Modelling the effects of employment decentralisation on telecommuting preferences
Employment decentralisation and telecommuting are both gaining popularity as urban and transport demand management strategies. However, as employment shifts to new economic centres that are developed nearer homes, the disamenities related to commuting to the Central Business District (CBD) become less relevant. This potentially induces existing telecommuters to instead travel to their workplaces, influencing the extent to which telecommuting minimises commuting. This study aims to establish a framework to model the effects of employment decentralisation on existing telecommuters by modelling their commute preferences based on two inductive effects on travel: reduction of commute times due to nearer workplaces and reduced crowdedness due to the dispersion of unidirectional CBD-bound travels. A structural equation model was developed from a stated preference survey depicting various workplace locations, crowdedness levels and commute times among 574 employees in Singapore who commute using the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) system. Commute preferences among telecommuters who switch to physical commutes could be attributed to these inductive effects. Among these effects, reduced crowdedness is more likely to cause the shifts away from telecommuting, more so than reduced commute times. The results also demonstrate that these effects are in turn influenced by the benefits of commuting enhanced by employment decentralisation. The significance of sociodemographic factors to these benefits is investigated as relevant practical implications surface regarding such decentralisation policies.
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- © 2022 Hong Kong Society for Transportation Studies. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
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Authors:
- Mohamed Tahir, Muhammad Sofian
- Wong, Yiik Diew
- Publication Date: 2022-4
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 173-183
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Serial:
- Travel Behaviour and Society
- Volume: 27
- Issue Number: 0
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 2214-367X
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/2214367X
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Commuting; Employment; Telecommuting; Travel time
- Geographic Terms: Singapore
- Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01836422
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Feb 23 2022 4:14PM