COVID-19 impact on urban mobility

Artikel

This paper presents individuals' adjustment in daily out-of-home travel activities, in-home activities, and long-distance travel during the COVID - 19 travel restrictions. This study utilizes data from the COVID - 19 Survey for assessing Travel impact (COST) for the Kelowna region of British Columbia, Canada. The analysis suggests that individuals' participation in out-of-home activities were reduced by more than 50% during COVID - 19. The highest daily frequency of travel is found for routine shopping, followed by work-related travel. A comparative analysis of adjustment in out-of-home activities during COVID - 19 and the pre-pandemic period suggests that work-related travel increased for some occupations such as health, community, government, and sales and services. For recreational/social activities, travel increased for a higher share of older adults, and decreased for a higher share of younger adults. In the case of in-home activities, higher income households were found to be predominant in tele-working for a longer duration; whereas, lower and middle income groups were more involved in leisure and discretionary activities, and sleep. In the case of long-distance travel, the majority of the completed long-distance travel was made regionally using private car. Among the altered (i.e. cancelled, rescheduled, and unchanged) long-distance trips, international air-travel was predominant. The findings of this study provide insights towards people's immediate response to COVID - 19 travel restrictions, which will help in developing transportation plans and policies during COVID - 19, as well as for future pandemic and any other unprecedented scenarios.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Journal of Urban Management ; ISSN: 2226-5856 ; Volume: 9 ; Year: 2020 ; Issue: 3 ; Pages: 270-275

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Landschaftsgestaltung, Raumplanung
• Thema: COVID-19 ; In-home activity ; Long-distance travel ; Out-of-home travel activity

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Fatmi, Mahmudur Rahman
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Elsevier
• (wo): Amsterdam
• (wann): 2020

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.jum.2020.08.002
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/271394
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ