Calastri, C, Pawlak, J and Batley, R orcid.org/0000-0002-2487-850X (2022) Participation in online activities while travelling: an application of the MDCEV model in the context of rail travel. Transportation, 49 (1). pp. 61-87. ISSN 0049-4488
Abstract
Travel-based multitasking, i.e. using travel time to conduct enjoyable and/or productive activities, is the subject of an increasing number of theoretical and empirical studies. Most existing studies focus on modelling the choice of which activities people conduct while travelling, and a limited number of papers also focuses on their duration. The novelty of this study with respect to this literature is two-fold. Firstly, we specifically study the engagement in different online activities while travelling, and apply the state-of-the-art Multiple Discrete-Continuous Extreme Value (MDCEV) model to jointly model the choice and duration of multiple activities. We apply this model to data collected face-to-face from train passengers in the UK. We find that activity choice and duration is explained by both passenger and trip characteristics, especially trip purpose, ticket type and day/time of the trip. Secondly, we show how such modelling can assist in investment appraisal, in particular by providing insights into lower- and upper- bound estimates of the proportion of the entire travel time spent working, itself of importance in, for example, valuation of business travel time using the so-called Hensher Equation. We present a detailed discussion of how the findings from our work contribute to the broader discourse around the nature of travel time and its valuation.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2021. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | ICT; MDCEV; Online work; Productivity; Time use; Travel time; Travel-based multitasking; Value of travel time |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) > ITS: Economics and Discrete Choice (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2021 16:14 |
Last Modified: | 25 Jun 2023 22:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s11116-021-10166-8 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:171033 |