Main Findings Scoping the Impacts on Travel Behaviour in Scotland of E-Working and other ICTs (original) (raw)
It appears that the amount of travel needed to support each pound of economic activity is now able to fall as a result of ICT. ■ ICT and e-working increase flexibility and this presents opportunities for public agencies to capture economic, social and environmental benefits consistent with sustainable development plans, including traffic reduction. ICT helps people and employers to improve efficiency, widen opportunities and improve job satisfaction and quality of life but this can increase travel demand. ■ The flexibilities offered by ICT could help to enable travel demand reductions of up to 11% in the Scottish context. Much greater reductions in congestion are also possible by making better use of exiting capacity. However to secure the potential travel demand reduction effects, there would need to be a significant increase in complementary measures to manage travel demand. ■ High take up of e-working is associated with: low population densities, the need for security by working ...
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