TELECOMMUTING PROGRAMS IN TEXAS: CASE STUDIES

This study examines telecommuting programs at six agencies and businesses within Texas. The characteristics of the programs are summarized and the experiences with telecommuting are presented. Available reports, interviews with management personnel and telecommuters, and surveys of telecommuters are used to assess the telecommuting programs at the eight case study sites. Additional information is also summarized on other activities at the state and national levels. The study summarizes the sketch planning tools for assessing the potential for telecommuting in major Texas cities and for analyzing the impacts on the transportation system developed in an early phase of the project. Key elements of successful telecommuting programs are identified and policies the state and other groups can use to support telecommuting are outlined. Recommendations for implementing the results of the research are also identified.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Research study title: Potential of Telecommuting for Travel Demand Management.
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas Department of Transportation

  Research and Technology Transfer Office, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763-5051

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Turnbull, K F
  • Hall, K M
  • Weatherby, C A
  • Lewis, C
• Publication Date: 1996-8

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 80 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Case studies; Data collection; Impacts; Implementation; Interviewing; Policy; Recommendations; Sketch planning; Surveys; Telecommuting; Travel demand management
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Old TRIS Terms: Sketch planning techniques
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Research; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00734594
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-97/1446-2F, Res Rept 1446-2F, TTI: 0-1446 Final Report
• Contract Numbers: Study 0-1446
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Mar 14 1997 12:00AM