THE EFFECT OF STAGGERED WORKING HOURS ON COMMUTER TRIP DURATIONS

Staggered working hours have the potential to alleviate the excessive demands made on the transport infrastructure during the morning and afternoon "peak hours". A more uniform demand profile would lead to a decrease in peak traffic densities and a resultant increase in traffic speed. This paper uses a traffic speed model sensitive to changes in traffic activity to calculate the effect of staggered working hours on the average duration of commuter trips. The cases of discrete and continuous distributions of departure times are considered and an optimisation process is outlined.(a)

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• Authors:
  • D'Este, G
• Publication Date: 1985-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 109-117
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
  • Volume: 19A
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0965-8564
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09658564

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuting; Impacts; Mathematical models; Peak hour traffic; Peak periods; Speed; Staggered work hours; Traffic density; Traffic speed; Travel time; Trip length; Work trips
• Geographic Terms: Australia
• Old TRIS Terms: Projection
• ITRD Terms: 697: Journey time; 621: Journey to work; 6473: Mathematical model; 612: Peak hour; 5408: Speed; 9145: Staggered working hours; 673: Traffic concentration
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00455291
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jul 31 1986 12:00AM