TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily travel
T2 - findings from New South Wales, Australia
AU - Du, Bo
AU - Zhang, Cheng
AU - Qu, Tianyang
AU - Wang, Qi
AU - Spring Zhou, Quan
AU - Cui, Tingru
AU - Perez, Pascal
AU - Astell-Burt, Thomas
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Authors
PY - 2024/7
Y1 - 2024/7
N2 - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to people's daily life and travel. This paper aims to reveal the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's travel in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and to explore potential measures to recover public transport patronage in the new normal. Research data is collected from a survey of 1,045 residents in NSW, Australia between October 2021 and May 2022. Results show that travel behaviors are significantly different during the pandemic compared to the pre-COVID and the new normal periods. Multiple key factors affecting travelers’ choices in terms of travel mode, travel purpose and their acceptance of emerging mobilities like on-demand transport, autonomous vehicles and drones are identified, including age group, residential area, household status (e.g., couple family with children), household income, need for travel assistance, and travel-related attitude towards health and safety. The research findings suggest that emerging mobilities could provide potential solutions to transport services in a pandemic scenario.
AB - The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to people's daily life and travel. This paper aims to reveal the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's travel in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and to explore potential measures to recover public transport patronage in the new normal. Research data is collected from a survey of 1,045 residents in NSW, Australia between October 2021 and May 2022. Results show that travel behaviors are significantly different during the pandemic compared to the pre-COVID and the new normal periods. Multiple key factors affecting travelers’ choices in terms of travel mode, travel purpose and their acceptance of emerging mobilities like on-demand transport, autonomous vehicles and drones are identified, including age group, residential area, household status (e.g., couple family with children), household income, need for travel assistance, and travel-related attitude towards health and safety. The research findings suggest that emerging mobilities could provide potential solutions to transport services in a pandemic scenario.
KW - COVID-19
KW - Mobility pattern
KW - New normal
KW - Public transport
KW - Working from home
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85189519313&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100798
DO - 10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100798
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85189519313
SN - 2214-367X
VL - 36
JO - Travel Behaviour and Society
JF - Travel Behaviour and Society
M1 - 100798
ER -
