The effects of travel time use on activity-travel behaviour: knowledge consolidation and research agenda for current and future transport options

Ana Luiza S. de Sá, Patrícia S. Lavieri, Jacek Pawlak, Aruna Sivakumar and Russell G. Thompson

Transport Reviews, 2025, vol. 45, issue 6, 869-896

Abstract: Travel time use – also called “travel-based multitasking” – has been increasingly recognised as an important component of activity-travel behaviour, influencing time-use and travel-related choices. This paper discusses a taxonomy issue in the literature and is the first to provide a systematic and comprehensive overview of the state of knowledge on the effects of travel time use on different dimensions of activity-travel behaviour, namely, time-use, mode choice, value of travel time savings, travel experience, and second-order effects. Regarding the taxonomy issue, we conceptualise when it is suitable to employ the terms “travel time use” and “(travel-based) multitasking”. Particularly, we suggest employing “travel time use” as the overarching term to refer to the act of undertaking activities while travelling, while “(travel-based) multitasking” is regarded as special case of travel time use when two or more cognitively/physically demanding tasks overlap. Regarding the knowledge consolidation, considering current and future transport options, we conduct a meta-synthesis to identify prevailing hypotheses about the effects of travel time use on activity-travel behaviour and then review empirical studies to examine the extent to which the current knowledge corroborates predominant hypotheses. Considering these findings, we discuss a research agenda to appraise the effects of travel time use on activity-travel behaviour.

Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1080/01441647.2025.2517210

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