Assessing the Effect of Compressed Work Week Strategy on Transportation Network Performance Measures

Venkata R. Duddu and Srinivas S. Pulugurtha

Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2015, vol. 54, issue 2

Abstract: The focus of this paper is on evaluating and assessing the effect of a compressed work week strategy (say, not working a day each week) on transportation network performance measures such as linklevel traffic speed, travel time, and volume-to-capacity ratio using data gathered for the Charlotte metropolitan area, North Carolina. The results obtained indicate that reducing 15% to 20% of work commute during the morning peak hours using compressed work week strategy would increase traffic speeds by up to 5 mph on at least 64% of center-lane miles (sum of the length of the center line of all lanes of traffic for each selected link). It would also decrease the travel time by up to two minutes on at least 61% of center-lane miles.

Keywords: Industrial Organization; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.241827

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