Spatial Analysis of COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts on Mobility in Madrid Region

Abid Al-Akioui () and Andres Monzon
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Abid Al-Akioui: Transport Research Centre (TRANSyT), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Andres Monzon: Transport Research Centre (TRANSyT), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 19, 1-18

Abstract: After three years of COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions, mobility seems to have returned to normality. However, the pandemic has left changes in the mobility patterns of the Madrid Region produced by new trends emerging from COVID-19. This paper analyzes these changes, focusing on the impacts on public transport use, the effects of telematic activities and the influence of home relocation. The basis of the analysis is a survey conducted from November to December 2022, with more than 15,000 valid responses. The results show that public transport lost 6% of trips. These trips have different transfer rates depending on their geographic location. In the City Center, the majority transferred to active modes. However, the car attracted most of these trips in the Metropolitan Ring. These changes in mobility patterns are partly a consequence of the increase in telematic activities. Teleworking has increased by more than 20% in the Madrid Region and has caused changes in trips per week and trip purpose. In addition, teleworking has caused 18% of home relocations to peripheral zones of the region. This paper investigates through statistical analysis which sociodemographic and spatial factors explain the differences in mobility impacts throughout the zones of the Madrid Region.

Keywords: COVID-19; post-COVID-19 mobility; urban and metropolitan mobility; modal share; modal shift; public transport; active modes; mobility survey; mobility patterns; binary logit model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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