TELEMATICS AND PERSONAL TRAVEL BEHAVIOUR WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON TELECOMMUTING AND TELESHOPPING
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Abstract
This paper studies the concept that investments in telecommunications can offset some of the demand for travel. It focuses on two purposes for substitution: commuting and shopping trips. The paper identifies the complexity of interactions at the individual level, and discusses the reasons for the wide variations in the forecasts made about the impacts of telematics on travel behavior. It suggests a conceptual structure within which the choice between travel-based and telematics-based alternatives can be modelled. This structure emphasizes the demand for information and communications as explanatory factors in these choice situations.