FOUR-DAY WEEK AND TRANSPORTATION

The concept of the 4-day work week is reviewed. Potential impacts identified are: total travel, peak period travel and safety. Impact on total travel does not appear to be great. Although there will likely be a shifting in time, place and purpose of travel with 4-day. Peak period travel is subject to the greatest impact from 4-day. A freeway bottleneck and a major activity center were examined as case studies. Application of 4-day reduced both the duration of the time when demand exceeds capacity of a freeway bottleneck and the number of vehicles excess demand over capacity. In the major activity center examined, 4-day also redistributed travel demand to permit substantial additional persons to enter the cordon area during a day and peak period demand was also substantially affected. Safety could be affected as present patterns indicate a potential for increasing accidents.

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  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • DESIMONE, V R
• Publication Date: 1972-8

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 705-714
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transportation Engineering
  • Volume: 98
  • Issue Number: TE3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-947X
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jtepbs

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuter service; Four day week; Passenger service; Rapid transit
• Uncontrolled Terms: Compressed work week
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Passenger Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00051436
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Society of Civil Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper #9116 Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 9 1974 12:00AM