eprintid: 10136485
rev_number: 13
eprint_status: archive
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datestamp: 2021-10-14 13:13:47
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type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Yang, Y
creators_name: Cao, M
creators_name: Cheng, L
creators_name: Zhai, K
creators_name: Zhao, X
creators_name: De Vos, J
title: Exploring the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in travel behaviour: A qualitative study
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C04
divisions: F39
keywords: COVID-19, Social equity, Transport and health, Transport planning, Travel behaviour, Well-being
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abstract: During the COVID-19 crisis, a series of measures were taken to restrict travel and social activities outside the home in order to curb the pandemic and ameliorate its negative effects. These unprecedented measures have had a profound impact on the number and purposes of trips and modes of travel. In China, although the pandemic is now generally under control and transport availability has returned to nearly normal, the extent of the changes in travel behaviour wrought during and after the pandemic still remains unclear. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to investigate the differences in individual travel behaviours during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, using Huzhou as an example. Semi-structured interviews were used to examine the influence of COVID-19 on the travel behaviour and perceptions of different groups. The results indicate that, initially, travel demand was greatly reduced. Second, decreased travel reduced participation in activities, which can have adverse effects on people's health as well as their subjective well-being. Third, the degree and duration of such impacts varied from person to person. Students, lower income cohorts, groups living in small communities with insufficient green spaces, and those working in tourism, catering, informal businesses and transport-related sectors were more vulnerable than others. Policymakers, urban and transport planners should therefore pay attention to the social inequities that arise from unequal access to transport and heterogeneity between individuals. Additionally, public transport systems require further development to promote social cohesion.
date: 2021-09
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2021.100450
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
pmcid: PMC8452907
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1890972
doi: 10.1016/j.trip.2021.100450
pii: S2590-1982(21)00156-1
lyricists_name: De Vos, Jonas
lyricists_id: JDEVO07
actors_name: Zahnhausen-Stuber, Petra
actors_id: PMZAH20
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
volume: 11
article_number: 100450
event_location: Netherlands
citation:        Yang, Y;    Cao, M;    Cheng, L;    Zhai, K;    Zhao, X;    De Vos, J;      (2021)    Exploring the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and changes in travel behaviour: A qualitative study.                   Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives , 11     , Article 100450.  10.1016/j.trip.2021.100450 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2021.100450>.       Green open access   
 
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