Abstract
The problem of commuter traffic got worse and worse the last years because the number of commuters has increased tremendously. As a consequence, environmental pollution boosted in all major Austrian cities. There are many ways, which experts are analysing in order to cope with this problem. So, the issue of flexible working hours plays an increasingly important role in this matter and therefore this diploma thesis deals with both topics in detail. The focus is on showing possible solutions by means of specific working-time models.
The main objective is to show the importance of flexible working-time in terms of the reduction of pollution due to heavy commuter traffic. Reducing the environmental pollution, for example exhaust fumes or traffic noise, can be achieved by decreasing the number of rides to work, by shortening the home-to-office time and/or a more efficient use of public transport. As a result, this measures lead to savings of extern traffic-costs and tailback-costs.
Moreover, the reduction of extern traffic-costs is calculated and forecasted using traffic data of Linz. Next, selected working-time models demonstrate their environmental contributions which mainly amount due to the reduction of tailback-costs. Finally, it is the aim to present working-time models, which have the most effective shares in solving the problems of commuter traffic and environmental pollution.
| Translated title of the contribution | The contribution of working-time flexibility to the problem of commuter traffic having special regard to the area of Linz |
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| Original language | German (Austria) |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2005 |
Fields of science
- 502052 Business administration