In recognition of the growing importance of the internet, the Transport Data Centre (TDC), the primary source of transport data for New South Wales, undertook a special supplementary study on internet usage in 2000-2001. This study aimed to investigate the impacts of internet usage on travel behaviour. This paper reports on the findings of this study. The findings will also be particularly interesting to transport strategists looking at the internet's capacity to substitute for physical mobility and its potential for attaining sustainability objectives by reducing travel. The Sydney Household Travel Survey (HTS), the most comprehensive source of data on travel behaviour for households in the Sydney Greater Metropolitan Region (GMR) was used as the instrument to collect the required information. Using existing survey infrastructure and personnel, the study on internet usage was conducted as a supplementary survey linked to the main HTS. This provided an invaluable opportunity to cross-classify data on internet usage with the full range of geographic, demographic and travel data collected in the main HTS. (Author/publisher) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E210413.
Samenvatting