  The paper presents an empirical investigation of telecommuting frequency
choices by post-secondary students in Toronto. It uses a dataset collected
through a large-scale travel survey conducted on post-secondary students of
four major universities in Toronto and it employs multiple alternative
econometric modelling techniques for the empirical investigation. Results
contribute on two fronts. Firstly, it presents empirical investigations of
factors affecting telecommuting frequency choices of post-secondary students
that are rare in literature. Secondly, it identifies better a performing
econometric modelling technique for modelling telecommuting frequency choices.
Empirical investigation clearly reveals that telecommuting for school related
activities is prevalent among post-secondary students in Toronto. Around 80
percent of 0.18 million of the post-secondary students of the region, who make
roughly 36,000 trips per day, also telecommute at least once a week.
Considering that large numbers of students need to spend a long time travelling
from home to campus with around 33 percent spending more than two hours a day
on travelling, telecommuting has potential to enhance their quality of life.
Empirical investigations reveal that car ownership and living farther from the
campus have similar positive effects on the choice of higher frequency of
telecommuting. Students who use a bicycle for regular travel are least likely
to telecommute, compared to those using transit or a private car.
