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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Exhausting commuter travel

Exhausting commuter travel

  • Inhibiting job travel

Incidence

The average working person in the USA spends 9 hours per week in their car.

Broader

Unrestricted travel
Yet to rate
Travel health hazards
Yet to rate
Restricting travel image
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Prolonged sitting
Presentable
Exhaustion
Unpresentable

Aggravated by

Inadequate transport infrastructure
Excellent
Inadequate transportation facilities for rural communities
Presentable
Fragmented planning of community life
Presentable
Scarcity of appropriate transport
Unpresentable
Inadequate public transportation
Unpresentable
Overcrowding in rush-hour transportation
Yet to rate
Lack of car pools
Yet to rate
Inadequate integration of transport systems
Yet to rate

Related

Aircraft pilot fatigue
Yet to rate

Strategy

Extending public transport availability to less-populated areas
Yet to rate

Value

Inhibition
Yet to rate
Exhaustion
Yet to rate

Reference

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: A European Study of Commuting and Its Consequences
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: The Journey Between Home and Work: the effects of commuting on health and safety of commuters / workers

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthSustainable Development Goal #13: Climate Action

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Medicine » Physiology
  • Social activity » Employment
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Travel
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Travellers
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E1538
    DOCID
    11515380
    D7NID
    135927
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020