Office relocation and changes in travel behavior: Capturing the effects including the adaptation phase

Analyzing life events and its consequences for travel behavior routines has gained importance in research over the past years. This paper captures effects of an office relocation in Karlsruhe, Germany with a total of 120 employees. A survey approach, including longitudinal elements, has been developed to capture short- and long-term effects of the employees’ and their household members’ travel behavior. It can be shown that the relocation not only affected commuting mode choice, but also the organization of household tasks. Even after two years since the relocation, the altered mode choice (having shifted from car to other modes) was sustained.