ABSTRACT

This study highlights how telecommuting plays an important role in travel time, travel distance, and travel mode choices in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minneapolis–Saint Paul by considering a multitude of travel modes, neighborhood characteristics, and travel purposes. First, this study finds that travel purposes differentiate the distribution of departure time between telecommuters and commuters. They show the biggest gap for the purpose of school and the smallest gap for other purposes. Second, telecommuters show a positive coefficient for the time model in the purpose of work and a negative coefficient for the distance model in the purpose of shopping. Third, this study finds that telecommuters do not prefer solo driving for all purposes. Instead, telecommuters are more likely to walk/bike in many cases (the purpose of work, leisure, home, and others). Also, they prefer a household carpool for the purpose of leisure and home, an inter-household carpool for the purpose of home, and public transit for the purpose of work and home. The findings highlight that governments and scholars should develop telecommuting planning according to a multitude of travel modes, neighborhood characteristics, and purposes.

摘要

这项研究通过考虑多种出行方式，邻里特征和出行目的，着重说明了远程办公如何在明尼阿波利斯-圣保罗双城大都市区的出行时间，出行距离和出行方式选择中发挥重要作用。首先，这项研究发现，出行目的区分了远距离通勤者和通勤者之间的出发时间分布。他们在学校方面显示出最大的差距，而在其他方面则显示出最小的差距。其次，通勤者出于工作目的对时间模型显示正系数，而出于购物目的则对距离模型显示负系数。第三，这项研究发现，通勤者并非出于所有目的都喜欢单人驾驶。取而代之的是，在许多情况下（工作，休闲，家等）。此外，他们更喜欢将家庭拼车用于休闲和居家，将家庭间拼车用于居家，将公共交通工具用于工作和居家。调查结果突出表明，政府和学者应根据多种出行方式，邻里特征和目的制定远程办公计划。