Participation in online activities while travelling: an application of the MDCEV model in the context of rail travel
Travel-based multitasking, i.e. using travel time to conduct enjoyable and/or productive activities, is the subject of an increasing number of theoretical and empirical studies. Most existing studies focus on modelling the choice of which activities people conduct while travelling, and a limited number of papers also focuses on their duration. The novelty of this study with respect to this literature is two-fold. Firstly, we specifically study the engagement in different online activities while travelling, and apply the state-of-the-art Multiple Discrete-Continuous Extreme Value (MDCEV) model to jointly model the choice and duration of multiple activities. We apply this model to data collected face-to-face from train passengers in the UK. We find that activity choice and duration is explained by both passenger and trip characteristics, especially trip purpose, ticket type and day/time of the trip. Secondly, we show how such modelling can assist in investment appraisal, in particular by providing insights into lower- and upper- bound estimates of the proportion of the entire travel time spent working, itself of importance in, for example, valuation of business travel time using the so-called Hensher Equation. We present a detailed discussion of how the findings from our work contribute to the broader discourse around the nature of travel time and its valuation.
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- © 2022 Chiara Calastri et al.
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Authors:
- Calastri, Chiara
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0000-0002-2972-661X
- Pawlak, Jacek
- Batley, Richard
- Publication Date: 2021-2
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: 61–87
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Serial:
- Transportation
- Volume: 49
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Springer
- ISSN: 0049-4488
- EISSN: 1572-9435
- Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/11116
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Activity choices; Light rail transit; Multitasking; Passengers; Productivity; Travel behavior; Value of time
- Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
- Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01844375
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Apr 28 2022 3:41PM