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Methodological issues in the estimation of the travel, energy, and air quality impacts of telecommuting

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Mokhtarian, Patricia L.
Handy, Susan L.
Salomon, Ilan

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This paper addresses methodological issues in the estimation of travel-related impacts of telecommuting, based on findings from eight telecommuting pilot programs. Several of the studies address energy use (both travel-related and home-based) and one provides information on emissions of air pollutants. These findings are analyzed as well. Travel impacts examined include weekday person- and vehicle-miles saved due to a reduction in commuting, overall weekday travel reductions, and other changes in travel patterns for the telecommuter and the household. Some important issues regarding the estimation of these impacts, their use outside of the pilot programs, and their use in estimating energy savings or reductions in emissions are discussed. In particular, it is cautioned that early, short-term findings from small programs with participants unrepresentative of the population as a whole may change considerably as telecommuting moves into the mainstream.

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice.

Volume (Year): 29 (1995)
Issue (Month): 4 (July)
Pages: 283-302
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  1. P L Mokhtarian & I Salomon, 1994. "Modeling the choice of telecommuting: setting the context," Environment and Planning A, Pion Ltd, London, vol. 26(5), pages 749-766, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Susan Handy & Patricia Mokhtarian, 1996. "The Future of Telecommuting," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series UCD-ITS-REP-96-07, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Dennis Henderson & Brett Koenig & Patricia Mohktarian, 1996. "The Travel and Emissions Impacts of Telecommuting for the State of California Telecommuting Pilot Project," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series UCD-ITS-REP-96-06, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis. [Downloadable!]
  2. Krishna Varma & Patricia Mokhtarian, 1998. "The Trade-Off Between Trips and Distance Traveled in Analyzing the Emissions Impacts of Center-Based Telecommuting," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series UCD-ITS-REP-98-16, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis. [Downloadable!]
  3. Dennis Henderson & Patricia Mohktarian, 1996. "Impacts of Center-Based Telecommuting on Travel and Emissions: Analysis of the Puget Sound Demonstration Project," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series UCD-ITS-REP-96-08, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis. [Downloadable!]
  4. Patricia Mokhtarian & Ravikumar Meenakshisundaram, 1999. "Beyond Tele-Substitution: Disaggregate Longitudinal Structural Equations Modeling of Communication Impacts," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series UCD-ITS-REP-99-09, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis. [Downloadable!]
  5. Krishna Varma & Chaang-Iuan Ho & David Stanek & Patricia Mokhtarian, 1998. "Duration and Frequency of Telecenter Use: Once a Telecommuter, Always a Telecommuter?," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series UCD-ITS-REP-98-13, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis. [Downloadable!]
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