POET - Predicting the Impacts of e-Economy on Transport
Overview
Background & policy context:
The e-Economy is characterised by the ability to transmit and receive information, without regard to distance, at a relatively low cost. Developments in the e-Economy have the potential to affect the supply and demand for transport in multiple ways. Telecommunication technologies may impact the demand for physical transportation and offer improvements in the efficiency and safety of transport systems, leading to better environments through reduced travel, pollution and potentially savings in time and material resources. In this context transport substitution is the replacement of a journey by alternative types of communication and IT (ICTs).
Objectives:
Develop a conceptual model that includes:
- physical elements of the transport system and the
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behavioural aspects of transport and travel choices made by various
actors -
analyse how developments in the e-Economy can change
decision making behaviour (relevant for transport) -
estimate the potential impact of behavioural change(s) on
mode choice -
estimate the potential impact(s) of changes in choice
behaviour on urban transport & traffic flows.
Methodology:
Identifying and uderstanding the key decision points and issues affecting mode choice and studying how these will change in response to developments in the e-Economy. This support is provided by a transparent and coherent framwork for quantitatively estimating the size and impacts of developments in the e-Economy on modal share of different transport modes.
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