Exploring Information communication Technology-enabled travel Pattern in a city region of India

Autor: Dillip Kumar Das, Sanjaykumar G Sonar, Mohamed Mostafa Hassan Mostafa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 323-341 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 19463138
1946-3146
1946-3138
DOI: 10.1080/19463138.2023.2281954
Popis: ABSTRACTInformation and Communication Technology (ICT) is advocated to contribute to sustainable transportation by prompting a change in travel patterns. Therefore, using an ICT-enabled city region in India as the study context, the objectives of the study were to examine the influence of ICT on travel patterns in city regions and explore the strategies to enhance ICT usage for positively changed travel patterns. Findings suggest that definite linkages between ICT usage and travel patterns exist. An increase in ICT usage in daily activities of people will enable a significant reduction in trip generation, travel distance and travel time. Strategic interventions including enhancing networking and ICT connectivity, provisioning free Wi-Fi hot spots at important nodal points, and enabling the availability of real-time road transportation-related information can enhance ICT usage leading to a positively changed travel pattern. This is likely to improve traffic movement and reduce congestion contributing to sustainable urban road transportation.
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