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. 2022 Jan 15;117:98–107. doi: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.01.005

Table 1.

Sample literature on investigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior.

Reference Study time Study area Data source Findings
Bucsky (2020)
March 2020
Budapest, Hungary
Historical data from multiple sources
  • 1.

    The aggregated travel demand decreased nearly half.

  • 2.

    Because of COVID-19 measures, modal share of public transport decreased dramatically.

  • 3.

    Car and bicycle usages both have a great growth.


Eisenmann et al. (2021)
April 2020
Germany
Online travel survey
  • 1.

    Public transport was hit hardest.

  • 2.

    Private modes, especially the private car, became more important

  • 3.

    Heterogeneity exists between individual changes in transport mode usage.


Zhang et al. (2021)
April–May 2020
No specific area
A worldwide expert survey
  • 1.

    More shifts of activity participation from physical spaces to virtual spaces

  • 2.

    Significant modal shifts away from public transport usage

  • 3.

    In the long term, car dependence may increase.


Zhang and Fricker (2021)
January–May 2020
The United States
Historical non-moterized transportation modes data
  • 1.

    There was heterogeneity in the impacts of COVID-19 on daily non-motorized activities.

  • 2.

    The non-motorized activities decreased in densely populated cities.

  • 3.

    Walking and bicycle activities, by contrast, increased in less densely populated cities.


Bracarense et al. (2021) April–May 2020 Brazilian cities A web-based survey
  • 1.

    The behavior regarding essential activities in the pandemic depend on pre-pandemic travel patterns and socioeconomic factors.

  • 2.

    There are not many opportunities for public transport users to switch from routine to purchasing.

  • 3.

    Post-pandemic intention is statistically dependent on activities' characteristics.