An investigation of the perceived consequences to employees of reducing employment related trip end choices in Cape Town

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dc.contributor.advisorDel Mistro, Romanoen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTamuka Moyo, Hazvinei Tsitsien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-11-05T03:33:49Z
dc.date.available2014-11-05T03:33:49Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn South African, the bench mark for transport expenditure is 10 of monthly income. In the global South “transport poverty” is not a foreign concept considering that most individuals use more than 10 of their income on transport. The driver of these high transport costs is the positioning of economic activities relative to residential areas. Additionally, concerns over Peak Oil’s impact on fuel prices means transport will become even more unaffordable in the future. Through a literature review, this thesis understands the precariousness of transport costs and how they are exacerbated by long commuting distances between places of residence and job locations. This sets the foundation of this thesis and helps in understanding how city structures and travel behaviour are weaved together. This thesis addresses the issue of affordable transport by arguing that providing individuals with a large catchment area from which they can choose jobs is not always beneficial. It builds an argument by borrowing from the “too much” choice theory which posits that the availability of many options does not result in benefits and that there is a point of sufficiency when providing choice. It further argues that access to a larger catchment area in job search is accompanied by a decrease in utility. To test this hypothesis, a stated preference survey was carried among 400 individuals within the Cape Town area in the low and lower middle income groups. From various literatures, it is posited that these individuals have limited options in terms of transport flexibility, in that respect they are identified as the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and Peak oil.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationTamuka Moyo, H. T. (2014). <i>An investigation of the perceived consequences to employees of reducing employment related trip end choices in Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Civil Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9081en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationTamuka Moyo, Hazvinei Tsitsi. <i>"An investigation of the perceived consequences to employees of reducing employment related trip end choices in Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Civil Engineering, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9081en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTamuka Moyo, H. 2014. An investigation of the perceived consequences to employees of reducing employment related trip end choices in Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Tamuka Moyo, Hazvinei Tsitsi AB - In South African, the bench mark for transport expenditure is 10 of monthly income. In the global South “transport poverty” is not a foreign concept considering that most individuals use more than 10 of their income on transport. The driver of these high transport costs is the positioning of economic activities relative to residential areas. Additionally, concerns over Peak Oil’s impact on fuel prices means transport will become even more unaffordable in the future. Through a literature review, this thesis understands the precariousness of transport costs and how they are exacerbated by long commuting distances between places of residence and job locations. This sets the foundation of this thesis and helps in understanding how city structures and travel behaviour are weaved together. This thesis addresses the issue of affordable transport by arguing that providing individuals with a large catchment area from which they can choose jobs is not always beneficial. It builds an argument by borrowing from the “too much” choice theory which posits that the availability of many options does not result in benefits and that there is a point of sufficiency when providing choice. It further argues that access to a larger catchment area in job search is accompanied by a decrease in utility. To test this hypothesis, a stated preference survey was carried among 400 individuals within the Cape Town area in the low and lower middle income groups. From various literatures, it is posited that these individuals have limited options in terms of transport flexibility, in that respect they are identified as the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and Peak oil. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - An investigation of the perceived consequences to employees of reducing employment related trip end choices in Cape Town TI - An investigation of the perceived consequences to employees of reducing employment related trip end choices in Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9081 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/9081
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationTamuka Moyo HT. An investigation of the perceived consequences to employees of reducing employment related trip end choices in Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Civil Engineering, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9081en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleAn investigation of the perceived consequences to employees of reducing employment related trip end choices in Cape Townen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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