| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/S58270/01 |
| Title: |
Travel Time Use in the Information Age |
| Principal Investigator: |
Urry, Distinguished Professor J |
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| Department: |
Sociology |
| Organisation: |
Lancaster University |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 February 2004 |
Ends: |
30 June 2007 |
Value (£): |
54,958
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| EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
| Information & Knowledge Mgmt |
Transport Ops & Management |
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| Transport Systems and Vehicles |
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We exist in a society within which 'life on the move' is increasingly common and supported by a growing array of mobile information and communica technologies. In the UK and other countries as mobility levels continue to grow, a trend in 'further and faster' is prevailing. This proposal seeks to address an area that has hitherto received little or no attention - namely people's use of time when they are on the move. This is something which is poorly understood and yet has potentially significant implications for transport policy and for the way our transport systems and their use continue to evolve. Since the 1960s the basic treatment of travel time within appraisal of new transport schemes has remained the same - travel time is unproductive wasted time and, accordingly, savings in travel time typically constitute the majority of the benefit derived from a scheme. In transport modelling trip: activities are treated as separate entities, with the former merely a means to undertaking the latter. Many subscribe to the view that a travel time buc exists across societies - i.e. at the aggregate level the amount of time spent travelling each day is remarkably constant. This research will challenge these conventions with a starting assumption that travel time is (increasingly) being used productively as activity time. The research aims to develop evidence-based understanding of travel time use and in turn explore wavs in which public transport providers can oositivelv exploit this.
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http://www.lancs.ac.uk |