NTL Record

Title Home-to-Work Trips during the Transportation Strikes in Ile-De-France at the End of 1995
Record ID 9104
Personal Name
Creator
Coindet, Jean-Paul
Source JT: Journal of Transportation and Statistics, Vol. 1, No. 3; 9p. in various pagings
Publisher United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Publication Date 19981000
Language English
Abstract In November and December 1995, the region of Ile-de-France experienced strikes resulting in a virtually complete interruption of public transport. During this period, a majority of economic activity continued. The Direction Rigionale de'I quipement (Department of Transportation Local Service) carried out a survey of this time period from which several lessons can be learned. Considerable congestion on the roads increased the journey-to-work by 70%. Ninety percent of the workforce advanced their hour of departure from their residence by 90 minutes on average, and 80% left work more than 90 minutes early. The peak schedule of demand was advanced by up to 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the evening. The peaks were broader and flatter, particularly in the morning. Almost 50% of those normally using public transport switched to private car, most often a carpool. The stopgap measures taken in the absence of public transport worked to some degree. Since the end of the strike, however, commuters returned to their earlier modes of transport.
Rosap ID dot:4717
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4717
TRT Terms Mode choice; Travel demand; Commuting; Strikes; Public transit
Classification NTL - PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION - Social Impacts;
NTL - FREIGHT - Intermodalism
Geographical
Coverage
United States
ISSN 10948848
OCLC 40737897
TRIS Online
Accession No
00759498
Availability BTS Products
Resource type Journal Article
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net//lib/9000/9100/9104/3coindet.pdf
Alternative URL http://www.bts.gov/publications/journal_of_transportation_and_statistics/volume_01_number_03/; http://www.bts.gov/publications/journal_of_transportation_and_statistics/
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository