Urban transport policies in the time of pandemic, and after: An ARDUOUS research agenda

Maria Vittoria Corazza and Antonio Musso

Transport Policy, 2021, vol. 103, issue C, 31-44

Abstract: While the virus keeps spreading worldwide and mass vaccinations are yet to come, transport policy makers face a dilemma: how is mobility changing? The situation is not unprecedented. But, unlike in past times when medical science was at early stages and little technology was available, counteractions currently undertaken by national and supranational governments integrate highest medical knowledge and technological skills with new, fast-adaptive lifestyles and transport patterns. The paper moves from this to present some key issues, synthesized by the ARDUOUS acronym (Adjustment, Redesign, Domesticity, Unsharing, Organization, Unsustainability, Standardization), to cope with the present situation and give rise to a new approach in the future urban transport policies.

Keywords: Pandemic; Mobility; Transit; Emergency; Lockdown; New normal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.01.010

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