How much flexibility do commuters expect to have in their travel behaviours in future e.g., to commute at off-peak hours? How will that affect their travel choices, if at all?
Background
The improve transport for the user strategic priority is critical in ensuring the department delivers and maintains a transport system that meets the needs of the public and addresses what they care about most. It puts the needs and expectations of current and potential users (both passengers and freight customers) at the heart of the operation of the transport system and considers about end-to-end journeys, not just individual transport modes. It is focused on ensuring that our infrastructure and the services which use it meet the varied needs of businesses and the public, are attractive, affordable, sustainable, and resilient is a crucial goal for the department.
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Research fields
Related UKRI funded projects
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Providing insights into multi-day traveller behaviour to inform sustainable transport policies and practices
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Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on understanding travel behavior over weeks and months, which is essential to answer the question about future travel flexibility.
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Project Calcommuter
Personal Travel Planning is a very manual and often expensive process which doesn't currently provide valuable personalisation to individual commuters. There are some transport providers in the market who offer cost calc...
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Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to determine the feasibility of a tool that objectively works out personalized commuting options, aligning with the question about commuters' flexibility in travel behaviors.
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DRT for DRT: Developing Relevant Tools for Demand Responsive Transport
The rise in private car use in the UK has major implications relating to how transport more generally is provided. One problem is that conventional public transport (i.e. bus, light rail and heavy rail) is steadily becom...
Funded by: EPSRC