IMPACTS OF COMPRESSED WORK WEEK ON VEHICLE TRIPS AND MILES TRAVELED

The project evaluates the effectiveness of compressed work week (CWW) as a transportation control measure to reduce mobile source emissions. The project surveyed employees participating in CWW, or standard five-day forty-hour work week. The survey collected employee characteristics and a seven-day travel diary. The analysis of the data shows that there is a great variability in weekly travel patterns among employees on CWW. Individual characteristics tend to dominate travel decisions compared to benefits of CWW. However, those on CWW reduce their overall weekly travel even when non-work trip increases are factored. The project reports that CWW can be an effective tool to improve air quality if it is implemented more widely in businesses that can integrate flexibility into their work schedules.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by California State Air Resources Board, Sacramento, Research Div.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Southern California, Los Angeles

  School of Urban and Regional Planning, University Park
  Los Angeles, CA  United States  90007
• Publication Date: 1994-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 196 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air quality management; Hours of labor; Trip generation; Trip length; Weekdays; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Compressed work week
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00714530
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: ARB-R-95-558
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 2 1995 12:00AM