Dealing with impact of COVID-19 on transportation in a developing country: Insights and policy recommendations

Emmanuel Mogaji, Ibrahim Adekunle, Stella Aririguzoh and Adeyemi Oginni

Transport Policy, 2022, vol. 116, issue C, 304-314

Abstract: While developed nations have established policy frameworks for dealing with various macroeconomic shocks, developing countries respond to the influx of COVID-19 on heterogeneous scales, borne out of varying institutional bottlenecks. These inadequate transport facilities are not diversified enough to deal with an impending public health crisis. With the growing divergence in public transport management procedures and societal responses and willingness to adjust to a "new normal" transport procedures in time of COVID-19 and post-pandemic, it becomes expedient to learn evidence-based policy responses to transport service delivery. Qualitative data from semi-structured interviews with commuters and operators were thematically analysed to understand the impact of COVID-19 on transportation in Lagos Nigeria. The analysis revealed that increased cost of transportation, financial sustainability, changes in travel needs and loss of revenue were the significant impacts of the pandemic. This study contributes such that transport stakeholders can better understand how to navigate their transportation needs at this time of global uncertainty. The understanding of these impacts advances policy recommendations that are most inclined to the development objectives of developing nations in the time of COVID-19 and beyond. The limitations and suggestions for further research were discussed.

Keywords: COVID-19; Transport; Transport policy; Developing countries; Lagos; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.12.002

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