Estimating the reduction in single-occupancy vehicles entering Kuala Lumpur as a result of telecommuting by female employees

Jaff, Mootaz M. and Kadar Hamsa, Abdul Azeez and Ibrahim, Mansor and Mohamed, Mohd Zin and Zahari, Rustam Khairi (2015) Estimating the reduction in single-occupancy vehicles entering Kuala Lumpur as a result of telecommuting by female employees. In: The 11th International Conference of Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies (EASTS 2015), 11th-14th September 2015, Cebu, Philippines. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

A number of Malaysian cities are experiencing severe transport problems resulting from rapidly increasing vehicle ownership and usage, and the insufficient supply and inferior quality of public transportation. The trend of congestion, frequent traffic accidents and air pollution is nowhere more prevalent than in Kuala Lumpur where telecommuting is increasingly being perceived as a viable travel demand management strategy. Due to a number of travel patterns and characteristics that are unique to female commuters and the relatively large participation rate of women in the Malaysian work force, telecommuting by women workers seems a more relevant and potentially more crucial means of alleviating rush hour traffic in the Kuala Lumpur metropolitan area. The aim of this study is to estimate both the potential and actual reduction in single-occupancy vehicles entering the city of Kuala Lumpur during peak hours as a result of involving female employees in the practice of telecommuting.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	3877/46081
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Telecommuting, Female Employees, Single Occupancy Vehicles, Kuala Lumpur.
Subjects:	N Fine Arts > NA Architecture > NA9000 Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying > NA9053.R4 City planning
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design Kulliyyah of Architecture and Environmental Design > Department of Urban & Regional Planning
Depositing User:	Assoc. Prof. Dr. Abdul Azeez Kadar Hamsa
Date Deposited:	23 Dec 2015 14:42
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2018 09:26
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/46081

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