Behavioral differences between young adults and elderly travelers concerning the crowding effect on public transit after the COVID-19 pandemic

IF 4.6 3区 工程技术 Q1 ECONOMICS
Seo-Young Hong , Shin-Hyung Cho , Ho-Chul Park
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Abstract

After the COVID-19 pandemic, passengers' concerns about crowding on public transit vehicles has increased due to their fear of being infected. Since WHO has announced that the elderly are the most vulnerable to COVID-19, it is important to understand the impact of crowding on the elderly and provide policy implications on public transit vehicles. The aim of this study is to analyze the behavioral differences between young adults and the elderly concerning the crowded conditions on public transit with a stated preference survey in Seoul metropolitan area. Crowding multipliers are estimated to quantify the impedance on crowding based on the mixed logit model. The results indicate that the elderly are more sensitive to crowding on public transit vehicles than younger people, and subway passengers are affected more by crowding than passengers who are using other modes of transit. In addition, it is confirmed that the preference of the elderly for public transit varies according to gender, income, and the purpose of travel. These analysis results can provide implications for setting new policy directions to improve the public hygiene and comfort of elderly people when they use public transit in the post-COVID-19 world.

COVID-19 大流行后,青壮年和老年旅行者在公共交通拥挤效应方面的行为差异
COVID-19 大流行后,由于担心被感染,乘客对公共交通车辆拥挤的担忧有所增加。由于世卫组织已宣布老年人最容易感染 COVID-19,因此了解拥挤对老年人的影响并为公共交通车辆提供政策启示非常重要。本研究的目的是通过在首尔大都会区进行陈述偏好调查,分析青壮年和老年人在公共交通拥挤情况下的行为差异。根据混合对数模型估算了拥挤乘数,以量化对拥挤的阻碍。结果表明,与年轻人相比,老年人对公共交通车辆上的拥挤状况更为敏感,与使用其他交通方式的乘客相比,地铁乘客受拥挤状况的影响更大。此外,还证实了老年人对公共交通的偏好因性别、收入和出行目的而异。这些分析结果可为制定新的政策方向提供启示,以改善老年人在后 COVID-19 时代使用公共交通时的公共卫生和舒适度。
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CiteScore
8.40
自引率
2.60%
发文量
59
审稿时长
60 days
期刊介绍: Research in Transportation Economics is a journal devoted to the dissemination of high quality economics research in the field of transportation. The content covers a wide variety of topics relating to the economics aspects of transportation, government regulatory policies regarding transportation, and issues of concern to transportation industry planners. The unifying theme throughout the papers is the application of economic theory and/or applied economic methodologies to transportation questions.
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