João De Abreu e Silva

Dr. João De Abreu e Silva

Associate Professor, Centre for Urban and Regional Systems, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Academic Career Length

18Years (2009-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 December 2018 in Journal of Transport Geography
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João De Abreu e SilvaJoão De Abreu e Silva
João De Abreu e Silva
PMPatricia Melo
Patricia Melo

1 June 2018 in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
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AAAndré Romano Alho
André Romano Alho
João De Abreu e SilvaJoão De Abreu e Silva
João De Abreu e Silva
JSJorge Pinho de Sousa
Jorge Pinho de Sousa
EBEdgar Blanco
Edgar Blanco

5 January 2018 in Journal of Transport and Land Use
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João De Abreu e Silva
PMPatricia C. Melo
Patricia C. Melo
This work analyzes the effects of home-based teleworking on the number of trips and weekly miles travelled by mode and purpose for one-worker households in Great Britain using data from the National Travel Survey for the period between 2005 and 2012. Two path analysis models are developed, one considering weekly trips and travel distances by mode and the other weekly trips and travel distances by purpose. Both models consider teleworking frequency in the context of home and workplace land-use characteristics, commuting distance, car ownership levels and weekly trips and travel distances. This framework allows us to explicitly model endogenous relations in the chains of decisions relating these variables. The results suggest that home-based teleworking is a strategy used by people to cope with long and costly commutes. Workers living in less transit accessible areas and with longer commutes tend to work from home more frequently. The main conclusions relating to teleworking frequency point to the fact that it increases weekly miles travelled, particularly by car, while it does not reduce commuting distances travelled. These results suggest that home-based teleworking is not an effective travel demand management strategy, particularly because it seems to increase car use. The overall main result is that teleworkers travel more by more polluting transport modes.

1 September 2017 in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
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PMPatrícia C. Melo
Patrícia C. Melo
João De Abreu e SilvaJoão De Abreu e Silva
João De Abreu e Silva

1 August 2019 in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
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ADAliasghar Mehdizadeh Dastjerdi
Aliasghar Mehdizadeh Dastjerdi
SKSigal Kaplan
Sigal Kaplan
João De Abreu e SilvaJoão De Abreu e Silva
João De Abreu e Silva
ONOtto Anker Nielsen
Otto Anker Nielsen
FPFrancisco Camara Pereira
Francisco Camara Pereira