TELEWORKING IN THE NETHERLANDS: AN EVALUATION OF CHANGES IN TRAVEL BEHAVIOR--FURTHER RESULTS

The first two teleworking experiments in the Netherlands are described, and the results of an analysis of the impact of teleworking on the travel behavior of the participants and their household members during the experiments are presented. The mobility evaluation was designed as a multiple panel with waves at approximately 3-month intervals. The two experiments were analyzed and evaluated separately. Most important was the reduction of commuting trips (-15%) found in both experiments. The reduction is somewhat lower than expected on the basis of the percentage of time used for teleworking (18 to 24%) due to the freedom given in arranging teleworking time. The first experiment showed a considerable reduction of peak-hour automobile traffic (26%), which explains most of the commuting reduction; in the second experiment the reduction of commuting trips was due to fewer bicycle trips and public transport trips in the later waves. Car use was not influenced at all in the second experiment. A final important difference between the results was the lack of mobility effects for the household members in the second experiment. The first experiment indicated a surprising reduction of mobility not only for the teleworkers themselves but also for their household members. This result did not recur in the second experiment. Analysis of the dynamics of the process seems to indicate that a year may be too short a time span for monitoring such an experiment.

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• Authors:
  • Hamer, Rebecca
  • Kroes, Eric
  • van Ooststroom, Harry
• Publication Date: 1992

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 82-89
• Monograph Title: Travel demand, forecasting, travel behavior, and telecommunications
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1357
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Impact studies; Mobility; Telecommuting; Travel behavior
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00626899
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309052211
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 19 1993 12:00AM