TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge Cities and Transport Sustainability
T2 - The Link between the Travel Behavior of Knowledge Workers and Car-Related Job Perks
AU - Frenkel, Amnon
AU - Bendit, Edward
AU - Kaplan, Sigal
PY - 2014/5
Y1 - 2014/5
N2 - This study analyzes the linkage between the travel behavior of knowledge workers and car-related job perks. The importance of this issue derives from the tendency of knowledge economy to concentrate in highly populated metropolitan regions. The analyzed data comprise 750 observations, retrieved from a survey among knowledge workers in Tel-Aviv. Results show that car-related job perks are associated with (1) high annual kilometrage, (2) increased commute by car, (3) long commute travel times, (4) high trip chaining frequency, and (5) many long-distance leisure trips. Results suggest that the development of sustainable knowledge-based cities should consider decoupling knowledge workers from car-related job perks.
AB - This study analyzes the linkage between the travel behavior of knowledge workers and car-related job perks. The importance of this issue derives from the tendency of knowledge economy to concentrate in highly populated metropolitan regions. The analyzed data comprise 750 observations, retrieved from a survey among knowledge workers in Tel-Aviv. Results show that car-related job perks are associated with (1) high annual kilometrage, (2) increased commute by car, (3) long commute travel times, (4) high trip chaining frequency, and (5) many long-distance leisure trips. Results suggest that the development of sustainable knowledge-based cities should consider decoupling knowledge workers from car-related job perks.
KW - car-related job perks
KW - company car
KW - knowledge cities
KW - knowledge workers
KW - sustainable development
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84884320437&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15568318.2012.688093
DO - 10.1080/15568318.2012.688093
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AN - SCOPUS:84884320437
SN - 1556-8318
VL - 8
SP - 225
EP - 247
JO - International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
JF - International Journal of Sustainable Transportation
IS - 3
ER -
