The Power of a Pleasant Train Journey

Hagen, Mark van; Bruyn, Menno de; Elsen, Evelien ten

doi:10.1016/j.trpro.2017.07.018

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“…Performing activities while travelling is considered a significant determinant contributing to a more positive assessment of WTT (Kouwenhoven and de Jong 2018;Banerjee and Kanafani 2008;Mokhtarian and Salomon 2011). Activities are typically divided into work-related and non-work-related or based on their benefit for the traveller (e.g., useful and pleasant) (Hagen et al 2017). Travel activities can also be divided into activities that require equipment (active)…”

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Factors influencing the perceived value of travel time in European urban areas

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This research aims at expanding the scope of travel satisfaction by incorporating subjective elements in the evaluation of worthwhileness of travel time proposed by the H2020 MoTiV project, using a European-wide mobility dataset collected in 2019. Trip characteristics, mood, socio-demographic characteristics, experience factors, travel activities and weather were analysed to explore their influence on travellers’ perception of worthwhileness of travel time. The analysis was performed separately for five different transport mode categories using Structural Equation Models. The empirical analysis of this research indicates the high significance of enjoyment in terms of making a trip worthwhile for all transport modes. The results also revealed mode-specific experience factors that play an important role in shaping travel experience which could be addressed to improve the quality of travel time. It is expected that these results can support a shift towards a more human-centric approach in urban mobility plans as well as pave the way for more inclusive transport policies.

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Section: Travel Activitiesmentioning

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Factors influencing the perceived value of travel time in European urban areas

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“…Given that a journey involves positive and negative experiences, travel time evaluations should account for both effects while making sure that the value of activities and travel conditions are not double-counted (ITF, 2019). The quality components of a trip may be satisfiers or dissatisfiers depending on the travellers' attitude and needs who then perceive travel time in a different way (Van Hagen, de Bruyn, & ten Elsen, 2017). In addition, being able to carry personal equipment can complement existing experience factors and allow the involvement in additional activities which can add value to the perceived travel time (Watts & Lyons, 2010).…”

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“…working or phoning) and pleasant (e.g. looking outside, making puzzles, talking) activities; the latter ones were found to have a stronger effect on trip valuation (Van Hagen et al, 2017). "Doing nothing" can also be a type of beneficial activity which may include relaxing, sleeping, snoozing, daydreaming, thinking, gazing out the window or people watching (Lyons et al, 2007).…”

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Worthwhile travel time: a conceptual framework of the perceived value of enjoyment, productivity and fitness while travelling

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By tradition, transport appraisal relies primarily on travel time savings and monetary values. Assessment tools rarely factor in the perspective of travellers in terms of their subjective travel experience while on the move. Worthwhile travel time introduces the idea that travel can be pleasant, meaningful or worthwhile and not exclusively associated with the economic utility of the activity at the destination of the trip and the work-related productivity during the trip. This paper explores how the "worthwhile use of travel time" can be conceptualised and unpacked, so that it can be adequately captured and integrated into transport appraisal practice. We reviewed the literature on worthwhile travel time and perceived travel experience in psychology, economics, public health and travel behaviour research and we formulated the conceptual framework of worthwhile travel time that is grounded on the traveller's perception of three forms of value emerging from existing literature: enjoyment, productivity, and health. Our conceptual framework of worthwhile travel time suggests that experience factors (i.e. travel conditions as experienced by the traveller) can enable travel activities (i.e. the trip itself or activities on-themove), which in turn unlock the values of enjoyment, productivity and fitness that influence the perceived worthwhileness of a trip to a different degree each. Additional (explanatory) factors such as the door-to-door trip characteristics, the traveller's personal characteristics and attitude, and the spatial and temporal conditions can also influence the perceived worthwhileness of a trip. On a policy level, the integration of the worthwhile travel time concept into transport appraisal practice could allow future transport investments to offer a better balance between reduced travel times and improved quality and experience of a trip for the traveller.

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The valuation and demand impacts of the worthwhile use of travel time with specific reference to the digital revolution and endogeneity

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The research reported here is concerned with how the worthwhile use of travel time might impact on the value of travel time savings (VTTS) and on demand set in the context of the rail travel market in Great Britain. It has long been recognised, in a variety of literature, that improvements in worthwhile activities which will have been delivered by the digital revolution will impact VTTS and demand yet there is surprisingly little reliable evidence and official appraisal practice does not accommodate any such effects. In a large survey of rail travellers, we have explored how activities while travelling impact on VTTS and demand. An important feature of the study was to account for endogeneity whereby variations in VTTS estimates according to the worthwhile use of time are biased if drawn from comparisons across individuals of what they do while travelling rather from comparing within individual variations in activities. Indeed, we clearly demonstrate the impact of not allowing for endogeneity and indicate its presence in other studies. We find that the VTTS does vary according to activities undertaken while travelling in a largely credible manner and is broadly consistent with behavioural responses to different available activities. The evidence supports the VTTS falling over time due to the digital revolution and rail demand increasing. These are modest rather than considerable changes but nonetheless contribute a better understanding of evidence relating to VTTS and rail demand variations over time. Keywords Value of travel time savings • Worthwhile use of travel time • Rail demand forecasting • Digital impact on value of time • Multi-tasking and travel time • Intertemporal variations in value of time Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (

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The Power of a Pleasant Train Journey

Cited by 6 publications

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Factors influencing the perceived value of travel time in European urban areas

Factors influencing the perceived value of travel time in European urban areas

Worthwhile travel time: a conceptual framework of the perceived value of enjoyment, productivity and fitness while travelling

The valuation and demand impacts of the worthwhile use of travel time with specific reference to the digital revolution and endogeneity

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