Impacts of onformation technology on personal travel and commercial vehicle operations

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Impacts of Information Technology on Personal Travel

and Commercial Vehicle Operations: Research Challenges and Opportunities

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Thomas F. Golob Institute of Transportation Studies

University of California Irvine, CA 92697

and

Amelia C. Regan Department of Civil and environmental Engineering

and Institute of Transportation Studies University of California

Irvine, CA 92697

WORKING PAPER UCI-ITS-WP-00-06

Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Irvine

Published in Transportation Research, Part C - Emerging Technologies Vol. 9 (April 2001): 87-121

Tom Golob and Amelia Regan Impacts of Information Technology page 1

Impacts of Information Technology on Personal Travel

and Commercial Vehicle Operations: Research Challenges and Opportunities

Thomas F. Golob

Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA 92697-3600 tgolob@uci.edu

Amelia C. Regan

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Institute of Transportation Studies

University of California, Irvine acregan@uci.edu

August 1, 2000

Abstract Travel, like many other aspects of daily life is being transformed by the information technology revolution. Accessibility can no longer be measured only in terms of travel time, distance or generalized travel cost. Information technology gives people virtual accessibility to a rapidly growing range of activities. E-commerce has become a catalyst for structural changes in the freight transportation industry and is changing where freight moves, the size of typical shipments and the time within which goods must be delivered. In this paper we explore some of the potential effects of information technology on transportation, both personal and freight. Keywords: Travel demand forecasting, Information technology, Telecommunications, Internet,

Telematics, E-commerce, Activity analysis, Freight transportation, Commercial vehicle operations

Tom Golob and Amelia Regan Impacts of Information Technology page 2

1. OBJECTIVES AND SCOPE

In this paper we explore some of the potential effects of information technology (IT)1 on transportation, both personal and freight. The Internet and the proliferation of capable and affordable computers...