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amounts; while those who changed from staggered work schedules to
fl
flextime
reported an insigni
cant change.
As shown in Table
21.5
, where most employees changed from a conventional
floor arrival and
departure peaks decreased by 13 % points (from 31 to 18 %), and 10 % points (from
35 to 25 %), respectively. In contrast on
fixed schedule to
fl
flextime (on
fl
oor A),
fifteen-minute work-
fl
fl
oors
“
B
”
and
“
C
”
where the change to
fl
flextime involved workers who previously were on staggered hours, there was little
or no change in peak hour volumes [
3
].
b. Toronto (Canada)
—
1973
A staggered work hour demonstration program was initiated October 1973 in
Toronto. The program involved 11,000 public employees of the city
'
s Queen
'
s Park
complex. The peak arrival and departure times became
attened to hours adjacent to
the peak hour. As a result, one third of the employees experienced a decrease in
travel time; and about one third indicated a more comfortable and convenient
fl
Table 21.5 Port authority of New York and New Jersey flextime experiment
—
15 min peaking
before and after
flexible work hours
Work floor/work hours
programs
fl
Peak 15 min
arrivals
Peak 15 min
departures
Percent of
7:30
Peak AM
time period
Percent of
3:30
Peak PM
time period
10:00 AM
Arrivals (%)
6:00 PM
departures (%)
-
-
Floor A
Before (conventional hours)
31
8:45
9:00
35
4:30
4:45
-
-
After (
fl
(flexible hours)
18
8:45
9:00
25
4:30
4:45
-
-
Floor B
Before (staggered hours)
20
8:15
8:30
26
4:00
4:15
-
-
After (
fl
(flexible hours)
20
8:15
8:30
27
4:00
4:15
-
-
Floor C
Before (staggered hours)
28
8:15
8:30
25
4:00
4:15
-
-
After (
fl
(flexible hours)
24
8:30
8:45
26
4:15
4:30
-
-
Floor D
(
control
)
Before (floating day)
24
8:15
-
8:30
30
4:00
-
4:15
After (
fl
(floating day)
29
8:15
8:30
25
4:00
4:15
-
-
Floor E
(
control
)
Before (conventional hours)
27
8:30
-
8:45
30
4:15
-
4:30
After (conventional hours)
27
8:15
8:30
28
4:15
4:30
-
-
Note
Arrivals and departures were surveyed on the individual work
fl
floors. The surveys included
some employees not participating in the
fl
flexible work hours experiment
Source
References [
1
], pp 19
71. Table 19.18 and [
3
]
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