HUMAN EFFORT AND THE VALUE OF TRAVEL TIME

The author briefly reviews some aspects of the use of "generalised cost" as an aid to explaining travel behaviour, and puts forward a hypothesis that not only time and money, but also "effort" are thought to affect the demand for travel. Various requirements are stated which a measure of effort must have to be useful and a number of available measures (energy expenditure, heart rate, galvanic skin response) are compared. The appropriateness of effort as a minimand and its practical usefulness are discussed. Proposals for further research are made. /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  London School of Economics and Political Science

  Houghton Street, Aldwych
  London WC2A 2AE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Goodwin, P B
• Publication Date: 1976-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 3-15
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Economics and Policy
  • Publisher: University of Bath
  • ISSN: 0022-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.jtep.com

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Costs; Demand; Electrodes; Energy; Heart; Human factors; Hypothesis testing; Present value; Research; Skin; Specifications; Travel; Travel demand; Travel patterns; Travel time; Trip length
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hypothesis; Requirement; Value
• ITRD Terms: 9001: Behaviour; 224: Cost; 285: Demand (econ); 6951: Electrode; 213: Energy; 2037: Heart; 2257: Human factor; 698: Journey; 697: Journey time; 2048: Skin
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Energy; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I71: Traffic Theory;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00134373
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 16 1976 12:00AM