The impacts of telecommunication technologies on travel behavior

Prof. Patricia Mokhtarian from University of California at Davis explains about the impacts of  using telecommunication technologies on traffic congestion and pollution in the metropolitan areas. She concludes from the studies conducted in the Institute of Transportation Studies, in UC Davis that using these kind of technologies increases the congestion and pllutions rather than decrease it.

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