Dynamic relationships between working from home, commute distance, mode preference, and car use: A six-year longitudinal study

IF 6.8 1区工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS

Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice Pub Date : 2025-09-02 DOI:10.1016/j.tra.2025.104663

Senkai Xie, Feixiong Liao

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Abstract

The transition to low-carbon mobility has emerged as a key objective of climate action. While much is known about the determinants of modal shifts between cars and other modes, little research was conducted on the dynamic relationships between working from home (WFH), commute distance, mode preference, and car use. Applying random intercept cross-lagged panel modeling, this study provides a six-year (2017–2022) longitudinal analysis in the Netherlands to investigate the bidirectional effects among these targeted variables while accounting for the effects of built environment attributes and life events. Results show that WFH was associated with a significant reduction in car use frequency and higher levels of WFH were related to longer commute distance during COVID-19, while a preference for cars was linked to sustained car use in general. We also found significant effects of urbanity, land use diversity, distance to public transit, and intersection density on car use, car preference, and WFH. In addition, life events, such as job changes, childbirth, and relocation, played a role in reshaping mobility and work behaviors. Therefore, the important roles of WFH, commute distances, mode preference, built environment, and life events provide great implications for transitioning to low-carbon mobility.

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在家工作、通勤距离、模式偏好和汽车使用之间的动态关系：一项为期六年的纵向研究

向低碳交通转型已成为气候行动的一个关键目标。虽然人们对汽车和其他模式之间的模式转换的决定因素了解很多，但对在家工作（WFH）、通勤距离、模式偏好和汽车使用之间的动态关系进行的研究很少。本研究采用随机截距交叉滞后面板模型，在荷兰进行了为期六年（2017-2022）的纵向分析，以调查这些目标变量之间的双向效应，同时考虑了建筑环境属性和生活事件的影响。结果显示，WFH与汽车使用频率显著降低有关，较高水平的WFH与COVID-19期间较长的通勤距离有关，而对汽车的偏好与总体上持续的汽车使用有关。我们还发现，城市化程度、土地利用多样性、到公共交通的距离和十字路口密度对汽车使用、汽车偏好和WFH有显著影响。此外，生活事件，如工作变化、分娩和搬迁，在重塑流动性和工作行为方面发挥了作用。因此，WFH、通勤距离、模式偏好、建筑环境和生活事件的重要作用为向低碳交通过渡提供了重要意义。

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Transportation Research Part A-Policy and Practice 工程技术-运输科技

CiteScore

13.20

自引率

7.80%

发文量

257

审稿时长

9.8 months

期刊介绍： Transportation Research: Part A contains papers of general interest in all passenger and freight transportation modes: policy analysis, formulation and evaluation; planning; interaction with the political, socioeconomic and physical environment; design, management and evaluation of transportation systems. Topics are approached from any discipline or perspective: economics, engineering, sociology, psychology, etc. Case studies, survey and expository papers are included, as are articles which contribute to unification of the field, or to an understanding of the comparative aspects of different systems. Papers which assess the scope for technological innovation within a social or political framework are also published. The journal is international, and places equal emphasis on the problems of industrialized and non-industrialized regions. Part A''s aims and scope are complementary to Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, Part C: Emerging Technologies and Part D: Transport and Environment. Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review. Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. The complete set forms the most cohesive and comprehensive reference of current research in transportation science.