Commuter Research published on Meath website
Tuesday 14 December 2004
Two recent research reports on Commuters, carried out by Meath County Council and by DCU, indicate a strongly held desire by commuters to find work closer to their homes.Commuters represent a vital economic asset for County Meath. It is estimated that over 20,000 commuters travel to and from Dublin every day through county Meath.
Meath County Council carried out research at the end of 2003 which identified that over 9 out of 10 commuters would seriously consider taking up employment locally in order to put an end to commuting. Almost two-thirds of these commuters would also consider changing sectors or taking a drop in salary, or both, in order to work locally. Entitled "Hidden Resources: a Survey of Meath's Commuters" , the report is available on Meath County Council's Investment website, www.invest.meath.ie/update.htm
Research carried out on 187 employees who commute to work in Dublin's IFSC by DCU's Business School found that 80% of respondents reported elevated stress levels due to commuting. The report, entitled "The Psychological Effects of Commuting in Dublin", was carried out by Dr Brendan O'Regan and Dr Finian Buckley of the Business School's Work Psychology Unit. The vast majority of commuters in the study indicated a preference to changing jobs because of their commute, rather than vice-versa. Access full details of the study on http://www.dcu.ie/dcubs/crmld/publications.shtml