Towards a microeconomic framework for modelling the joint choice of activity–travel behaviour and ICT use
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Author(s)
Pawlak, J
Polak, JW
Sivakumar, A
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The rapid development of information and communication technologies (ICT) has been argued to affect time use patterns in a variety of ways, with consequent impacts on travel behaviour. While there exists a significant body of empirical studies documenting these effects, theoretical developments have lagged this empirical work and in particular, microeconomic time allocation models have not to date been fully extended to accommodate the implications of an increasingly digitised society. To address this gap, we present a modelling framework, grounded in time allocation theories and the goods–leisure framework, for joint modelling of the choice of mode of activity (physical versus tele-activity), travel mode and route, and ICT bundle. By providing the expression for a conditional indirect utility function, we use hypothetical scenarios to demonstrate how our framework can conceptualise various activity–travel decision situations. In our scenarios we assume a variety of situations such as the implications of severe weather, the introduction of autonomous vehicles, and the interaction between multiple decision makers. Moreover, our approach lays the microeconomic foundations for deriving subjective values of ICT qualities such as broadband speed or connection reliability. Finally, we also demonstrate the means by which our framework could be linked to various data collection protocols (stated preference exercises, diaries of social interactions, laboratory experiments) and modelling approaches (discrete choice modelling, hazard-based duration models).
Date Issued
2014-12-20
Date Acceptance
2014-11-20
Citation
Transportation Research Part A - Policy and Practice, 2014, 76, pp.92-112
ISSN
0965-8564
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
92
End Page
112
Journal / Book Title
Transportation Research Part A - Policy and Practice
Volume
76
Copyright Statement
© 2014, Elsevier. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Subjects
ICT
Tele-activities
Travel behaviour
Microeconomic time allocation model
Travel time use
Productivity
Publication Status
Published