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Considering activity pattern to achieve a more sustainable commuting behavior
Sprumont, François; Caruso, Geoffrey; Viti, Francesco et al.
20165th hEART Symposium
 

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Keywords :
Activity pattern; travel behavior; commuting mode choice; transport policy
Abstract :
[en] While commuting allows workers to take part to the economy, this specific trip represents a non-negligible share of the total trips undertaken by individuals. Because of the repetitive pattern both in time and space of the home-to-work trip, different transport policies can be implemented in order to reduce some of its negative impacts. Travel Demand Management (TDM) measures aim at reducing the transport demand or inducing a modal shift towards active or public transport modes. Too often, these strategies, by focusing narrowly on the home-to-work trip, do not take into account the complexity of the individuals’ daily activity chain. Indeed, the complexity of the activity pattern might impede some workers to use public or active modes for the commuting trip despite, for instance, a very short home-to-work distance. Results of a Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) approach indicates that, for working days, socio-demographic variables affect more car use than activity-chain complexity. Thus, the proposed TDM measures aiming at decreasing car use for commuting takes into account the daily activity behavior but also suggest ways to deal with individual’s characteristics
Disciplines :
Civil engineering
Author, co-author :
Sprumont, François ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Engineering Research Unit
Caruso, Geoffrey  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Identités, Politiques, Sociétés, Espaces (IPSE)
Viti, Francesco  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Science, Technology and Communication (FSTC) > Engineering Research Unit
Cornelis, Eric;  Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix - Namur - FUNDP > mathematics > Centre Namurois des Systèmes Complexes (naXys) > Dr.
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Considering activity pattern to achieve a more sustainable commuting behavior
Publication date :
19 September 2016
Event name :
5th hEART Symposium
Event organizer :
hEART Society
Event place :
Delft, Netherlands
Event date :
from 13th to 16th of septembre 2016
Audience :
International
Focus Area :
Sustainable Development
FnR Project :
FNR7951609 - Sustainable Transport Behaviour Considering Activity Chains Of Belval Commuters, 2014 (01/03/2014-31/08/2017) - Francois Sprumont
Funders :
FNR - Fonds National de la Recherche [LU]
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