Lockdowned: Everyday mobility changes in response to COVID-19

Przemysław Borkowski, Magdalena Jażdżewska-Gutta and Agnieszka Szmelter-Jarosz

Journal of Transport Geography, 2021, vol. 90, issue C

Abstract: This paper looks into the impact of the recent COVID-19 epidemic on the daily mobility of people. Existing research into the epidemic travel patterns points at transport as a channel for disease spreading with especially long-distance travel in the centre of interest. We adopt a different approach looking into the effects that epidemic has on the transport system and specifically in relation to short-distance daily mobility activities. We go beyond simple travel avoidance behaviours and look into factors influencing change in travel times and in modal split under epidemic. This leads to the research problems we posit in this paper. We look into the overall reduction of daily travel and into the factors impacting peoples' decisions to refrain from daily traveling. This paper focuses on modes affected and explores differences between various societal groups.

Keywords: Mobility patterns under epidemic; Transport behaviour; COVID-19 epidemic; Human mobility; Social distancing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2020.102906

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