Journal
EUROPEAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH REVIEW
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1186/s12544-021-00476-4
Keywords
Post-COVID-19 mobility; Post-COVID-19 travel behaviour; Heckman modelling; Discrete choice modelling
Funding
- Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and University through the Juan de la Cierva-Training Aids for Labour Contracts program [FJC2018-036613-I]
- ECTRI
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This study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on transport demand and travel behavior in Spain, finding that measures such as increasing supply and vehicle disinfection can increase individuals' willingness to use public transport and shared services.
Background The COVID-19 crisis has meant a significant change in the lifestyle of millions of people worldwide. With a lockdown that lasted almost three months and an impulse to new normality, transport demand has suffered a considerable impact in the Spanish case. It is mandatory to explore the effect of the pandemic on changes in travel behaviour in post-COVID-19 times. Methodology A nationwide survey was carried out during the lockdown in Spring 2020 to overview the recent changes. The survey collected both stated preferences (socio-demographic characteristics and mobility-related attributes), and revealed preferences (individuals' habits, especially in the frequency of the trips according to the trip purpose, and opinions regarding the willingness and acceptability of these changes, and which actors would have to drive them, and how) of individuals. This paper aims to study and understand the willingness to adopt a set of measures to improve the safety conditions of public transport and shared mobility services against possible contagion from COVID-19 and the willingness to pay for them. Results The results obtained show that some measures, such as the increase of supply and vehicle disinfection, result in a greater willingness to use public transport in post-COVID-19 times. Similarly, the provision of covers for handlebars and steering wheels also significantly increases individuals' willingness to use sharing services. However, respondents expect that these measures and improvements would be implemented but maintaining the same pre-COVID-19 prices. The results of this research might help operators deploy strategies to adopt their services and retain users.
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