Estimating the travel implications of telecommuting by female employees in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A number of Malaysian cities are experiencing severe transport problems resulting from rapidly increasing vehicle ownership and usage, and the insufficient supply and inferior quality of public transport. The trend of congestion, frequent traffic accidents and air pollution is nowhere more preval...
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Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR)
2016
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/63910/1/63910_ESTIMATING%20THE%20TRAVEL%20IMPLICATIONS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/63910/ http://www.vusta.vn/en/news/Announcements/The-10TH-ASIA-PACIFIC-CONFERENCE-ON-TRANSPORTATION-AND-THE-ENVIRONMENT-APTE-55803.html |
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| Summary: | A number of Malaysian cities are experiencing severe transport problems resulting from rapidly
increasing vehicle ownership and usage, and the insufficient supply and inferior quality of public
transport. The trend of congestion, frequent traffic accidents and air pollution is nowhere more
prevalent than in Kuala Lumpur where telecommuting is increasingly being perceived as a viable
travel demand management strategy. Due to a number of travel characteristics unique to female
commuters and the relatively large participation rate of women in the Malaysian work force,
telecommuting by female employees seems a more relevant and potentially more crucial means of
alleviating rush hour traffic in the Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area. The aim of this study is to
estimate both the potential and actual travel implications of telecommuting by female employees.
Travel implications estimated in this paper include the reduction in commute trips, with a particular
emphasis on the reduction in single-occupancy vehicles (SOVs) entering the city of Kuala Lumpur
during peak hours; vehicle and passenger-kilometers forgone; and time savings as a result of the
elimination of the daily commute. The findings clearly show the potential of substantial reduction in
vehicle and passenger-kilometers travelled, as well as potential time savings of more than 7000
employee-hours/day under an optimal adoption scenario. Furthermore, telecommuting by female
employees could potentially result in a daily reduction of up to 7.8% of all SOVs entering Kuala
Lumpur in 2019; however, there is an expected large gap between that potential reduction and the
maximum actual reduction of 0.96%. |
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