 The impact of COVID-19 on mobility choices in SwitzerlandBeat Hintermann, Beaumont Schoeman, Joseph Molloy, Thomas Schatzmann, Christopher Tchervenkov and Kay W. Axhausen Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2023, vol. 169, issue C Abstract: We study the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated government measures on individual mobility choices in Switzerland. Our data is based on over 1,600 people for which we observe all trips during eight weeks before the pandemic and until May 2021. We find an overall reduction of travel distances by 60 percent, followed by a gradual recovery during the subsequent re-opening of the economy. Whereas driving distances have almost completely recovered, public transport re-mains under-used. The introduction of a requirement to wear a mask in public transport had no measurable impact on ridership. The individual travel response to the pandemic varies along socio-economic dimensions such as education and house-hold size, with mobility tool ownership, and with personal values and lifestyles. We find no evidence for a significant substitution of leisure travel to compensate for the reduction in work-related travel. Keywords: COVID-19; Transport; Mobility; GPS tracking; Causal forest (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:transa:v:169:y:2023:i:c:s0965856423000022 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2023.103582 Access Statistics for this article Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice is currently edited by John (J.M.) Rose More articles in Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice from Elsevier |
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