COVid-19 influenced households’ Interrupted Travel Schedules (COVHITS) survey: Lessons from the fall 2020 cycle

Challenges for urban transport policy after the Covid-19 pandemic: Main findings from a survey in 20 European cities

“…In India, two different surveys ( Das et al, 2021 ; Thombre and Agarwal, 2021 ) in the period March–June 2020 observed an increased car dependency and a generalized avoidance of public transport in large urban areas, across all income groups, the main reason appearing to be the perception of high contagion risk in mass transit. Similar trends were observed at later stages of the pandemic, as for example in the October–December 2020 period in Toronto ( Wang et al, 2021 ). In the USA, public transport was also affected, but users with lower income changed their mobility patterns to a lesser extent ( Parker et al, 2021 ), probably due to the lack of alternatives.…”

What happens when post-secondary programmes go virtual for COVID-19? Effects of forced telecommuting on travel demand of post-secondary students during the pandemic

“…On the other hand, the 2020 COVHITS survey observed that the average duration of shopping/grocery activities was increased by 21 min compared to the pre-pandemic level ( Wang et al, 2021 ). Therefore, an ad-hoc approach is taken: an additional random wait time (out of four discrete levels: 0, 10, 20, and 30 min) is assigned to shop/market activities between rush hours (12 pm to 7 pm).…”

“…A similar trend was also observed in North America. In the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Canada, 54 % of students (both secondary and post-secondary) were studying from home completely in 2020, while 25 % adopted hybrid (in-person & virtual) learning arrangements ( Wang et al, 2021 ).…”

“…With all courses delivered online, the students became telecommuters, drastically changing their daily routines. As the immediate impact, travel and participation in out-of-home activities were significantly reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic ( de Haas et al, 2020 , Wang et al, 2021 ). In the long term, the prevalence of telecommuting could lead to new activity-travel patterns.…”

Suitability Evaluation of Popular Science Tourism Sites in University Towns: Case Study of Guangzhou University Town

“…As a result, compared to conventional tourism, science tourism is more focused on the dissemination of knowledge and technology and often offers a more in-depth experience. Moreover, some research show that due to COVID-19, people are now more likely to choose short trips, while focusing more on destinations that are more than just leisure [28,29]. As a result, popular science tourism, especially in a university town that is close to the center of the city, becomes a good choice for most people.…”