How information and communication technology (ICT) impact to household's travel patterns during pandemic COVID-19 - A preliminary study

• Published in: AIP Conference Proceedings
• Main Author: Ramli R.; Dharmowijoyo D.B.E.; Hidayati N.; Haron S.; Majid A.M.A.
• Format: Conference paper
• Language: English
• Published: American Institute of Physics Inc. 2024
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85184601037&doi=10.1063%2f5.0183319&partnerID=40&md5=7021771f668a674ee031cb95c125f4bd

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that underlie virtually all transport systems and have significant influence on travel patterns. These technologies provide new resources for personal travel where individual may shift from conventional commuting trip towards e-commerce and teleworking. There is a possibility that the utilization of communication technology advancements, for example, mobile phones and the internet modify the demand of out of home trip. Dramatic reduction in traffic demand during the COVID-19 pandemic had produced noticeable declines in traffic delays. However, the impact of ICT in travel patterns was found to still lacking in the research area especially in Malaysian context. Therefore, further study to cater the complex interaction between ICT and household travel patterns of Malaysian people need to be considered. The main objective is to investigate the effect of teleworking and online shopping towards the household travel patterns. The method used is online questionnaire survey and IBM SPSS software for data analysis. Result shows that, socio-demographic profile, mode of the transportation and individuals' daily travel behaviour are the factors that influence people in doing ICT related activities. From the factor ranking and bivariate analysis, online shopping and teleworking have resulted to a good correlation in reducing the travel trip. © 2024 Author(s).