Understanding the effects of a long-term transit service suspension during the COVID-19 pandemic on transit users’ travel choices

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Mohamed G. Noureldin , Ehab Diab
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Abstract

Substantial funding is allocated towards building new transit infrastructure worldwide. Such large undertakings can disrupt the system and result in the suspension of some of the provided transit services. While there is a considerable number of studies that focused on understanding people’s mode choices during normal operations and short-term disruptions, little has been done to investigate travel choices during long-term disruptive periods. This paper aims at examining changes in travel choices during a long-term disruption that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in Montréal. Using two waves of surveys, it explores the impacts of the suspension of the Deux-Montagnes train line due to the construction of a new light rail system, the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), on the travel choices of users that previously used the train line. Associations between respondents’ travel choices and socioeconomics, users’ perceptions, and spatial factors were examined, while exploring the difference between users’ anticipated travel choices reported before the suspension and their actual choices during the suspension. The results show that only around one-third of the Deux-Montagnes line’s previous users continued to use transit, while many shifted to using cars to reach the same destinations. Nevertheless, a higher percentage of users who live within an 800-metre buffer from a closed station used alternative transit options during the closure than using cars. Respondents who relied on using cars were the least likely to report that they will use the REM service in the future. The study highlights the overlooked impacts of long-term service closures.

了解 COVID-19 大流行期间长期暂停公交服务对公交用户出行选择的影响
世界各地都拨出大量资金用于建设新的过境基础设施。这种大型工程可能会扰乱系统,导致部分公交服务暂停。虽然有相当多的研究侧重于了解人们在正常运营和短期中断期间的出行方式选择,但很少有人对长期中断期间的出行选择进行调查。本文旨在研究蒙特利尔 COVID-19 大流行期间发生长期中断时人们出行选择的变化。通过两波调查,本文探讨了 Deux-Montagnes 火车线路因修建新的轻轨系统 Réseau express métropolitain (REM) 而停运对之前使用该火车线路的用户的出行选择的影响。研究考察了受访者的出行选择与社会经济、用户认知和空间因素之间的关联,同时探讨了用户在停运前报告的预期出行选择与停运期间实际选择之间的差异。结果表明,在德蒙塔线之前的用户中,只有约三分之一的人继续使用公交车,而许多人则转而使用汽车到达相同的目的地。不过,在距离停运车站 800 米范围内的受访者中,停运期间使用其他公交方式的比例高于使用汽车的比例。依赖汽车的受访者最不可能表示他们将来会使用 REM 服务。这项研究强调了长期关闭服务所带来的被忽视的影响。
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