Sustainable Commuting @Work

Sustainable Commuting @Work

Local governments are seeking effective ways to promote sustainable commuting for reducing energy consumption and improving commuters’ experience. They often use so-called “Workplace Travel Plans” as policy interventions to engage work organizations as active players, promoting sustainable commuting amongst their employees. However, it remains difficult to systematically engage work organizatio...

Leveraging Organizations for Sustainable Commuting: A Field Study

Local governments are seeking effective ways to promote sustainable commuting for reducing energy consumption and improving commuters’ experience. We present a threepronged field study of transportation practices, focusing on commuters, organizations, and public administrators. In this position paper we describe the study, our preliminary findings, requirements, and open questions for designing...

Factors associated with active commuting to work among women.

Active commuting (AC), the act of walking or biking to work, has notable health benefits though rates of AC remain low among women. This study used a social-ecological framework to examine the factors associated with AC among women. A convenience sample of employed, working women (n = 709) completed an online survey about their mode of travel to work. Individual, interpersonal, institutional, c...

Weather factor impacts on commuting to work by bicycle.

OBJECTIVE Quantify the impact of weather conditions on individual decisions to commute to work by bicycle among a diverse panel of adults who commute ≥2 miles each way. METHOD Working adults (n=163) in a northern U.S. state reported transportation mode for four seven-day periods in 2009-2010 that maximized seasonal weather variations. Personal characteristics, trip to work distances, and comm...

Industrial Ecology Putting Sustainable Development to Work