“…In addition, the link between COVID-19 transmission and public transportation has been found to be mixed ( Gartland et al, 2022 ). While using public transportation, measures such as the wearing of masks, physical distancing, air conditioning, and filtering on public transit may contain the spread of COVID-19 effectively (Kriegel, 2022; Miller et al, 2022 ; Muathesis, 2022; Yang et al, 2022 ). Quarantine measures, such as suspension of operations or restrictions to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, may cause unexpectedly high socioeconomic costs, such as increases in mental health conditions and the deepening of socioeconomic inequality ( Fink et al, 2022 ; Koch and Park, 2022 ; Thunström et al, 2020 ).…”