How Commute Mode Choices can Control Stress Levels

Authors

Liu-Qin Yang, Portland State UniversityFollow

Sponsor

This research was funded by the National Institute for Transportation and Communities, or NITC, a program of TREC at Portland State University.

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

1-2018

Subjects

Commuting -- Psychological aspects, Stress (Psychology), Commuters -- Attitudes, Travel -- Decision making, Choice of transportation

Abstract

This research integrates perspectives from transportation and psychology research by focusing on the relations between commuting stress, commuting mode choice, and consequences of such choice for commuters’ health, travel safety, and work performance. To fill the gaps in the transportation and psychology literatures, the project addresses two key research questions:

1) Under what circumstances workers experiencing commuting stress are more likely to commute via car vs. public transit vs. bicycle vs. on foot?

2) What are the different implications of choosing different commuting modes for commuters’ mental and physical health?

Description

This is a summary of TREC research report NITC-RR-995, from the NITC program of TREC at Portland State University, and can be found online at: http://trec.pdx.edu/research/project/995/.

Final Report NITC-RR-912 can be found at http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/23516

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/23517

Recommended Citation

Yang, Liu-Qin. How Commute Choices Can Control Stress Levels. Project Brief NITC-RR-995. Portland, OR: Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC), 2018.