A conceptual analysis of the transportation impacts of B2C e-commerce
AbstractThis paper discusses, at a conceptual level, a number of issues related to the evaluation of the transportation and spatial impacts of e-shopping. We review the comparative advantages of store...
View ArticleDoes telecommuting reduce vehicle-miles traveled? An aggregate time series...
Abstract. This study examines the impact of telecommuting on passenger vehicle-miles traveled (VMT) through a multivariate time series analysis of aggregate nationwide data spanning 1966–1999 for all...
View ArticleWanting to travel, more or less: Exploring the determinants of the deficit...
AbstractThis study investigates the determinants of people’s desire to increase or decrease the amount of travel they do. We use data from 1,357 working commuters, residents of three different...
View ArticleMeasuring the Measurable: Why can’t we Agree on the Number of Telecommuters...
AbstractUsing telecommuting as a case study, we demonstrate that definitions, measurement instruments, sampling and sometimes vested interests affect the quality and utility even of seemingly objective...
View ArticleThe Influences of the Built Environment and Residential Self-Selection on...
AbstractPedestrian travel offers a wide range of benefits to both individuals and society. Planners and public health officials alike have been promoting policies that improve the quality of the built...
View ArticleThe Impacts of Ict on leisure Activities and Travel: A Conceptual Exploration
AbstractThis paper offers a conceptual exploration of the potential impacts of ICTs on leisure activities and the associated travel. We start by discussing what leisure is and is not. We point out that...
View ArticleTradeoffs between Time Allocations to Maintenance Activities/Travel and...
AbstractThis paper focuses on the tradeoff in time allocation between maintenance activities/travel and discretionary activities/travel. We recognize that people generally must travel a minimum amount...
View ArticleDo changes in neighborhood characteristics lead to changes in travel...
AbstractSuburban sprawl has been widely criticized for its contribution to auto dependence. Numerous studies have found that residents in suburban neighborhoods drive more and walk less than their...
View ArticleCorrelations between industrial demands (direct and total) for communications...
AbstractUsing input–output (I–O) accounts provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, this study investigates the aggregate relationships between the transportation and communications inputs demanded...
View ArticleHow do people respond to congestion mitigation policies? A multivariate...
AbstractThis study explores the relationships between adoption and consideration of three travel-related strategy bundles (travel maintaining/increasing, travel reducing, and major location/lifestyle...
View ArticleExploring the connections among job accessibility, employment, income, and...
AbstractUsing structural equation modeling, this study empirically examines the connections between job accessibility, workers per capita, income per capita, and autos per capita at the aggregate level...
View ArticleGrouping travelers on the basis of their different car and transit levels of use
AbstractMarket segmentation studies in travel behavior research are ordinarily based on socioeconomic characteristics and personality traits. This study explores the usefulness of a different approach,...
View ArticleThe impact of non-normality, sample size and estimation technique on...
AbstractTen empirical models of travel behavior are used to measure the variability of structural equation model goodness-of-fit as a function of sample size, multivariate kurtosis, and estimation...
View ArticleA decomposition of trends in U.S. consumer expenditures on communications and...
AbstractThis paper offers a conceptual and partly empirical decomposition of the trends in U.S. consumer expenditures on five communications and nine transportation subcategories between 1984 and 2002....
View ArticleIndividual responses to congestion policies: Modeling the consideration of...
AbstractThis study explores key factors affecting individuals’ consideration of eight travel-related strategy bundles (auto improvement, mobile phone, work-schedule changes, hire someone to do house or...
View ArticleThe estimation of changes in rail ridership through an onboard survey: did...
AbstractAmtrak launched free Wi-Fi internet service (“AmtrakConnect”) on all trains of the California Capitol Corridor route (CC) on November 28, 2011. In March 2012, an onboard survey was conducted to...
View ArticleTravel mode choice and travel satisfaction: bridging the gap between decision...
AbstractOver the past decades research on travel mode choice has evolved from work that is informed by utility theory, examining the effects of objective determinants, to studies incorporating more...
View ArticleWhat makes travel pleasant and/or tiring? An investigation based on the...
AbstractThe 2007–2008 French National Travel Survey (FNTS) included questions about the trip experience for a random subsample of the respondents’ daily travel, offering a rare opportunity to examine a...
View ArticleThe interactions between e-shopping and store shopping in the shopping...
AbstractWhen exploring the interactions between e-shopping and store-shopping, most empirical studies regarded shopping as a transaction, but did not consider internet use in other stages of the...
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