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Title: CASE STUDY ON IMPACT OF 4/40 COMPRESSED WORKWEEK PROGRAM ON TRIP REDUCTION
Accession Number: 00626859
Record Type: Component
Availability: Find a library where document is available Abstract: The compressed workweek is often promoted as a transportation demand management (TDM) strategy. It is assumed that employees who work fewer days per week will make fewer trips per week, thus reducing demand on transportation infrastructure. A before-and-after study by Commuter Transportation Services, Inc., examines the effects of this strategy on travel behavior by analyzing travel logs completed by employees at a Los Angeles County worksite before and after the implementation of a 4/40 compressed workweek schedule (four 10-hr days a week). Results show that employees actually made more trips on their compressed workweek day off than they did on any other day. However, employees made fewer trips per week and traveled fewer miles than when working a traditional 5/40 schedule (five 8-hr days per week). In addition, the trips made on the day off are short errands and were usually made during nonpeak periods, late morning or early afternoon. Further, the findings show that a larger percentage of the trips were being made without a return home between trips, indicating a reduction in the number of cold starts. The study concludes that a 4/40 compressed workweek program can reduce the average number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) and thus can reduce levels of mobile source pollutants entering the atmosphere. The average reduction in VMT per week for respondents of this study, 46 mi, is equal to a $850 annual savings in user costs and an average reduction of 2,300 lb of carbon dioxide and pollutants.
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1346, Transportation Demand Management. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
Monograph Title: Monograph Accession #: 01407216
Language: English
Authors: Ho, AmyStewart, JakkiPagination: p. 25-32
Publication Date: 1992
Serial: ISBN: 0309052092
Features: Figures
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TRT Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Old TRIS Terms: Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Feb 18 1993 12:00AM
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