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ON APRIL 1, 1970, ABOUT 50,000 EMPLOYEES OF SOME 50 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS IN LOWER MANHATTAN VOLUNTARILY CHANGED THEIR WORK HOURS IN A CLOSELY MONITORED PROGRAM TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH WORK SCHEDULE CHANGES WOULD HELP RELIEVE PEAK-HOUR TRANSPORTATION CONGESTION. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CONCENTRATED CENTRAL BUSINES DISTRICTS IN THE WORLD OCCUPYING A LITTLE MORE THAN 1 SQUARE MILE AND HAVING A DAYTIME EMPLOYEE POPULATION OF ABOUT 450,000 MEN AND WOMEN, OF WHOM SOME 65 PERCENT BEGIN WORK AT 9;00 A. M. AND QUIT AT 5;00 P. M. BEFORE THE PROJECT STARTED. THE PRINCIPAL THRUST OF THE PROJECT WAS TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH PEAKS CAN BE REDUCED. BEGINNING IN JANUARY 1969, THE PORT AUTHORITY UNDERTOOK A STAGGERED WORK-HOUR EXPERIMENT INVOLVING SOME 3,000 MEMBERS OF ITS OWN STAFF. THE MAJOR FINDINGS WERE THAT A SYSTEM OF STAGGERED WORK HOURS WAS FEASIBLE FOR CONTINUING ON A GOVERNMENT BASIS AND WAS FULLY ACCEPTED BY MOST EMPLOYEES. MOREOVER, THE PROJECT RESULTED IN PERCEIVED IMPROVEMENTS IN COMMUTING FOR MANY EMPLOYEES AND IN BETTER ELEVATOR SERVICE. THE PROJECT BEGAN ON APRIL 1, 1970, AND HAS HAD SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS IN RELIEVING PEAK-HOUR CONGESTION ON SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES SERVING LOWER MANHATTAN. /AUTHOR/

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1971

Highway Research Record

50th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board

0309019605

Digital/other

Figures (7) ; Tables (1)

Central business districts; Commuters; Peak hour traffic; Staggered work hours; Transportation planning

Lower Manhattan (New York, New York)

Lower Manhattan (New York, New York)

Highways; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting

TRIS, TRB

Oct 3 1971 12:00AM

• A SURVEY OF NEW YORK CITY AIRPORT LIMOUSINE SERVICE: A DEMAND ANALYSIS
• AN APPROACH TO MULTIREGIONAL URBAN TRANSPORTATION POLICY PLANNING
• AUTOMOBILE AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR RETIRED PEOPLE
• BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS AND THE LOCATION OF URBAN HIGHWAYS
• CONSISTENCY IN TRANSPORTATION MODAL-SPLIT AND EVALUATION MODELS
• DEVELOPING PRIORITIES FOR STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS IN URBAN AREAS
• Discussion
• EMPLOYMENT, MOBILITY, AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IN CHICAGO: A SURVEY OF ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOR
• EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT DECISIONS: MODIFICATION AND USE OF A MULTIREGIONAL INPUT- OUTPUT MODEL
• IMPLEMENTATION OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION DECISIONS: A SIMULTANEOUS CATEGORY MODEL
• OPTIMIZATION OF URBAN TRANSPORTATION TERMINAL NETWORK
• PLANNING FOR TRANSPORTATION CENTERS
• RATIONAL LOCATION OF A HIGHWAY CORRIDOR: A PROBABILISTIC APPROACH
• THE GCARS SYSTEM: A COMPUTER-ASSISTED METHOD OF REGIONAL ROUTE LOCATION
• THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR STUDYING STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER FUNCTIONAL SYSTEMS
• TOLL PRICING AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO TRAVEL DEMAND, ELASTICITY, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES FOR HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA