Tracing the Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Car Usage in Germany - an Analysis of the German Mobility Panel

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European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research Pub Date : 2021-08-19 DOI:10.18757/ejtir.2021.21.3.5467

Lisa Ecke, Miriam Magdolen, Bastian Chlond, P. Vortisch

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Abstract

Being a vast external influence, the COVID-19 pandemic causes major changes in travel behavior on the individual level. This exceptional situation and the political measures such as the lockdown lead to decreased overall travel demand and shifts in mode choice. To understand these effects, the analysis of car usage in private households offers explanatory insights. To this aim, this study provides a differentiation of car usage before and during the COVID -19 pandemic in spring 2020. Furthermore, insights into structural changes of car usage in private households based on German Mobility Panel data are presented. The results show that during the COVID -19 pandemic car usage was affected, and overall mileage decreased. Especially newer cars with large cubic capacity show a large decrease in mileage by 39 % between 2019 and 2020. In addition, we see that the type of car usage (business/private) and the household characteristics are related to different magnitudes of change in car usage. Overall, it becomes evident that examining identical households and cars before and during the pandemic allows for a deeper understanding of the impacts of the COVID -19 pandemic.

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追踪Covid-19大流行对德国汽车使用的影响——德国交通小组的分析

COVID-19大流行是一个巨大的外部影响，导致个人层面的旅行行为发生重大变化。这种特殊情况和封锁等政治措施导致总体出行需求下降和模式选择的转变。为了理解这些影响，对私人家庭汽车使用情况的分析提供了解释性的见解。为此，本研究提供了2020年春季COVID -19大流行之前和期间汽车使用的差异。此外，本文还介绍了基于德国移动面板数据的私人家庭汽车使用结构变化的见解。结果表明，在新冠肺炎疫情期间，汽车使用率受到影响，总里程下降。特别是具有大容积的新款汽车，在2019年至2020年期间，行驶里程大幅下降了39%。此外，我们看到汽车使用类型(商业/私人)和家庭特征与汽车使用变化的不同幅度有关。总的来说，很明显，在大流行之前和期间检查相同的家庭和汽车可以更深入地了解COVID -19大流行的影响。

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European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research TRANSPORTATION-

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