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SiRC Visiting Scholars - 2004

Name: Jasper Lim, Senior Researcher and Doctoral Candidate

Affiliation: Faculty of Technology, Policy & Management, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Project title: Solving travel time losses through e-working

Over recent decades, high growth in car use in The Netherlands has outstripped investments in road infrastructure, resulting in a relentless increase in traffic congestion. This creates considerable problems for employees, especially for those who travel frequently for business appointments. They suffer travel time losses because they are confronted with daily traffic jams, particularly during the rush hours in the Randstad regions (i.e. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag and Utrecht) and Eindhoven. The total costs attributed to road traffic congestion were approximately €650 million in 2000. This amount, according to the Dutch Ministry of Transport, is likely to increase to €1700 million by 2020. One interesting solution to this problem is the promotion of e-working in organisations that may improve employee travel performance. Therefore, the research objective is to determine what types of e-working practices are useful in solving business travel time losses. Thereafter, policy makers could promote these e-working practices in conjunction with other measures as part of an integrated transport policy.


Visiting Scholars Information Year 2007 Year 2004		SiRC Visiting Scholars - 2004 Name: Jasper Lim, Senior Researcher and Doctoral Candidate Affiliation: Faculty of Technology, Policy & Management, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Project title: Solving travel time losses through e-working Over recent decades, high growth in car use in The Netherlands has outstripped investments in road infrastructure, resulting in a relentless increase in traffic congestion. This creates considerable problems for employees, especially for those who travel frequently for business appointments. They suffer travel time losses because they are confronted with daily traffic jams, particularly during the rush hours in the Randstad regions (i.e. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag and Utrecht) and Eindhoven. The total costs attributed to road traffic congestion were approximately €650 million in 2000. This amount, according to the Dutch Ministry of Transport, is likely to increase to €1700 million by 2020. One interesting solution to this problem is the promotion of e-working in organisations that may improve employee travel performance. Therefore, the research objective is to determine what types of e-working practices are useful in solving business travel time losses. Thereafter, policy makers could promote these e-working practices in conjunction with other measures as part of an integrated transport policy.