Association of Transport Accessibility with the Spread of COVID-19 in Japan: An Analysis of the Period of January to September 2020

Zhang, Junyi; Yoshida, Haruhiko; Kashima, Saori; Hayashi, Yoshitsugu; Takeshita, Hiroyuki; Li, Shuangjin; Ma, Stefan

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“…The risk of being infected by the SARS-COV-2 virus while using public transport has been and is still a subject of debate. Several studies have found correlations between public transport ridership or transport accessibility on the on hand, and new Covid-19 cases on the other hand (Carteni et al, 2021;Fathi-Kazerooni et al, 2021;Gaskin et al, 2021;Hu and Chen, 2021;Zhang et al, 2020). However, while these studies indicate that higher mobility leads to greater spreading, only few studies have identified a higher infection rate during the public transport journey itself (Shen et al, 2020).…”

Section: Virus Anxiety and Travel Regulationsmentioning

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Impact on Public Transport

Jenelius¹

2022

Transport and Pandemic Experiences

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A consistent pattern that emerged out of the consequences of COVID-19 is that public transport was hit particularly hard compared to private cars and other modes. This raises concern regarding the future of public transport and the sustainability of urban transport. While the current clash of challenges, trends and disruptions makes the future more difficult to forecast than ever, this chapter highlights both long-term and emerging trends that are likely to influence public transport beyond the pandemic. As a foundation for the discussion, the chapter first briefly outlines the state and development of public transport before COVID-19, as well as the immediate effects of the pandemic. Before COVID-19, strong trends included initiatives towards sustainable urban transport, digitalization and automation, and increasingly personalized services. The pandemic induced lockdowns, restrictions to use public transport and anxiety towards crowding, which influenced people to travel less and shift to other modes. There were clear socioeconomic inequalities in the ability to do so and a loss of accessibility. Many agencies and operators suffered financially as a result of lost fare revenues and limited governmental support. Emerging trends such as less commuting and financial struggles are likely to influence public transport for many years to come. However, the pandemic, and the induced behaviour and exposed problems that have followed, can serve as a call for substantial changes in urban transport planning. A continued development and integration of sustainable mobility services, with public transport as a central actor, is widely seen as key in this ambition.

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Section: Virus Anxiety and Travel Regulationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Jenelius¹

2022

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Mode shifts from public transport to bike-sharing in the era of COVID-19: Riding back to normality

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Psarrou Kalakoni,

Gioldasis

2023

Journal of Public Transportation

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Pandemic waves and the time after Covid-19 – Consequences for the transport sector

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This paper discusses the dual role of the transport sector in the Covid-19 pandemic: spreading the virus around the world and being most negatively impacted by the pandemic. This paper describes and analyzes the following: (a) actions taken by the governments and international community in order to control the spreading and to alleviate negative economic impacts including massive fiscal and monetary stimulus funding; (b) detailed discussions on the impacts of the pandemic on air transport, rail and bus transport, and urban transit, and major countries’ responses to reduce the negative effects; (c) discussions on the positive effects of the pandemic on the environment and climate change by suggesting policy measures in order to make it sustainable over the long term. Finally, the paper addresses social acceptance issue of the behavioral changes necessary in the post-pandemic world, in particular reflecting historical experience of the Spanish flu case. We end the paper with some observations and discussion of the normative issues for a sustainable development of the transport sector.

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Association of Transport Accessibility with the Spread of COVID-19 in Japan: An Analysis of the Period of January to September 2020

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Mode shifts from public transport to bike-sharing in the era of COVID-19: Riding back to normality

Pandemic waves and the time after Covid-19 – Consequences for the transport sector

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