Article ID: | iaor1997229 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 4C |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 13 |
End Page Number: | 32 |
Publication Date: | Feb 1996 |
Journal: | Transportation Research. Part C, Emerging Technologies |
Authors: | Koenig Brett E., Henderson Dennis K., Mokhtarian Patricia L. |
Keywords: | commuting |
The impacts of home-based telecommuting on travel behavior and personal vehicle emissions for participatns in the State of California Telecommuting Pilot Project are analyzed using the most advanced emissions modeling tools currently available. A comparison of participants’ telecommuting day travel behavior with their before-telecommuting behavior shows a 27% reduction in the number of personal vehicle trips, a 77% decrease in vehicle-miles traveled (VMT), and 39% (and 4%) decreases in the number of cold (and hot) engine starts. These decreases in travel translate into emissions reductions of: 48% for total organic gases (TOG), 64% for carbon monoxide (CO), 69% for nitrogen oxide (NOx), and 78% for particulate matter (PM). Although the authors developed the methodology to investigate the emissions impacts of telecommuting, the analysis technique can be applied to