PEOPLE MOVEMENTS IN FYRKANTEN - A DISTRICT OF FOUR TOWNS IN NORTHERN SWEDEN: POSSIBILITIES OF CO-ORDINATING JOURNEY TO WORK

PERSONTRANSPORTER I FYRKANTEN: ANALYS AV MOEJLIGHETEN ATT SAMORDNA ARBETSRESOR

This Master's thesis analyses the possibility of co-ordinating commuting in the district called Fyrkanten: the four towns Boden, Luleaa, Piteaa and Aelvsbyn. The analysis includes sixteen workplaces with a total sum of 10 964 employees. Most of the workplaces have a potential to co-ordinate commuting. It is common that many of the employees of one employer live in one area. The fact that different working-hours occur owing to shift work, flextime or unregulated working-hours makes co-ordination of commuting difficult. According to the study, bigger work-places have good potential to introduce public transport due to the great number of people that take part in each shift. Smaller work-places can start car-pools. A comparison of the data from the computational model FREDRIK from the Swedish National Road Administration with census data from employers shows that the model gives a good estimate of the traffic flows but is not sufficiently exact to be used for judging if a co-ordination of commuting is possible. A questionnaire that dealt with commuting has been answered by the employees of Luleaa University of Technology. Half of those who answered the questionnaire are positive about car-pools and public transport. Public transport is more popular than car-pools. Women more often travel by public transport than men. More men than women are negative about car-pools and public transport. Flexitime or unregulated working hours make a co-ordination more difficult. To make a co-ordination of commuting possible it is necessary that the employees should be positive about a change in their travelling habits. This can be achieved by information, which can change attitudes. There might be a chance that employees are willing to change to a different working shift to co-ordinate with their neighbours, or that they are willing to work more regular working-hours.

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  LULEAA TEKNISKA UNIVERSITET, INSTITUTIONEN FOER SAMHAELLSBYGGNADSTEKNIK

  LULEAA,   Sweden  SE-971 87
• Authors:
  • JOHANSSON, C
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• Swedish

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 58p+a p.
• Serial:
  • LTU-EX
  • Issue Number: 1997:186 CIV
  • Publisher: Lulea University, Sweden
  • ISSN: 1402-1617

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Car pooling (Railroads); Carpools; Interviewing; Length; Networks; Roads; Time; Work trips; Workplaces
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road networks
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 1119: Car pooling; 9147: Interview; 621: Journey to work; 6488: Length; 5414: Time; 300: Workplace
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00768538
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Sep 10 1999 12:00AM