Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily travel: Findings from New South Wales, Australia

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Travel Behaviour and Society Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI:10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100798

Bo Du , Cheng Zhang , Tianyang Qu , Qi Wang , Quan Spring Zhou , Tingru Cui , Pascal Perez , Thomas Astell-Burt

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Abstract

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.

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Travel Behaviour and Society TRANSPORTATION-

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9.80

自引率

7.70%

发文量

109

期刊介绍： Travel Behaviour and Society is an interdisciplinary journal publishing high-quality original papers which report leading edge research in theories, methodologies and applications concerning transportation issues and challenges which involve the social and spatial dimensions. In particular, it provides a discussion forum for major research in travel behaviour, transportation infrastructure, transportation and environmental issues, mobility and social sustainability, transportation geographic information systems (TGIS), transportation and quality of life, transportation data collection and analysis, etc.