How Do People Move Around? National Data on Transport Modal Shares for 131 Countries

Grigorios Fountas, Ya-Yen Sun, Ortzi Akizu-Gardoki and Francesco Pomponi
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Grigorios Fountas: Transport Research Institute (TRI), School of Engineering & the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK
Ya-Yen Sun: UQ Business School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Ortzi Akizu-Gardoki: Faculty of Engineering of Bilbao, University of the Basque Country, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
Francesco Pomponi: Resource Efficient Built Environment Lab (REBEL), Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK

World, 2020, vol. 1, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has brought global mobility into the spotlight, with well over 100 countries having instituted either a full or partial lockdown by April 2020. Reduced mobility, whilst causing social and economic impacts, can also be beneficial for the environment and future studies will surely quantify such environmental gains. However, accurate quantification is intimately linked to good quality data on transport modal shares, as passenger cars and public transport have significantly different emissions profiles. Herein, we compile a currently lacking dataset on global modal transport shares for 131 countries. Notably, these are the countries covered by the Google Community Mobility Reports (plus Russia and China for their global relevance), thus allowing for a smooth integration between our dataset and the rich information offered by the Google Community Mobility Reports, thus enabling analysis of global emissions reductions due to mobility restrictions. Beyond the current pandemic, this novel dataset will be helpful to practitioners and academics alike working in transport research.

Keywords: global mobility; transport modal share; COVID-19; Google Community Mobility Reports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G15 G17 G18 L21 L22 L25 L26 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 R51 R52 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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