Worthwhile travel time: a conceptual framework of the perceived value of enjoyment, productivity and fitness while travelling

By tradition, transport appraisal relies primarily on travel time savings and monetary values. Assessment tools rarely factor in the perspective of travellers terms their subjective experience while move. Worthwhile introduces idea that can be pleasant, meaningful or worthwhile not exclusively associated with economic utility activity at destination trip work-related productivity during trip. This paper explores how “worthwhile use time” conceptualised unpacked, so it adequately captured integrated into practice. We reviewed literature perceived psychology, economics, public health behaviour research we formulated conceptual framework is grounded traveller’s perception three forms value emerging from existing literature: enjoyment, productivity, health. Our suggests factors (i.e. conditions as experienced by traveller) enable activities itself on-the-move), which turn unlock values fitness influence worthwhileness a to different degree each. Additional (explanatory) such door-to-door characteristics, personal characteristics attitude, spatial temporal also On policy level, integration concept practice could allow future investments offer better balance between reduced times improved quality for traveller.