Mega-disruptions and policy change: Lessons from the mobility sector in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK

Marsden, Greg; Docherty, Iain

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.05.015

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“…The policy implications of this study are particularly important given that we are facing a public health crisis the world has not seen in living memory, yet the transport sector is largely un-prepared to respond to COVID-19. Marsden and Docherty (2021) suggested that COVID-19 may potentially present a major opportunity to re-think transport policy by understanding how people would adapt their travel behavior to the new normality, but pointed out that the pandemic can be “a very limited window to enact change in transport policy” (p. 95). From this point of view, the three analyses in this study provided aviation policy makers much needed empirical evidence of mask-wearing intentions of airline passengers, contributing to improvement in policy response and preparedness in the face of global pandemics.…”

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“…To the best of our knowledge, no prior studies have examined air travelers’ intention to wear a mask on airplanes, even though such information is essential in the US where air travel is a major mode of travel. It should be noted that coronavirus can be a potentially path-changing disruption to existing transport policies ( Marsden and Docherty, 2021 ). The findings of this study can therefore provide much-needed evidence for policymakers to re-think air transport policies in order to accelerate safe and active travel.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Mask-wearing intentions on airplanes during COVID-19 – Application of theory of planned behavior model

Pan

Liu

2022

Transport Policy

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The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the air transport industry, forcing airlines to take measures to ensure the safety of passengers and crewmembers. Among the many protective measures, mask mandate onboard the airplane is an important one, but travelers' mask-wearing intentions during flight remain uninvestigated especially in the US where mask use is a topic of on-going debate. This study focused on the mask use of airline passengers when they fly during COVID-19, using the theory of planned behavior (TPB) model to examine the relationship between nine predicting factors and the mask-wearing intention in the aircraft cabin. A survey instrument was developed to collect data from 1124 air travelers on Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk), and the data was statistically analyzed using structural equation modeling and logistic regression. Results showed that attitude, descriptive norms, risk avoidance, and information seeking significantly influenced the travelers' intention to wear a mask during flight in COVID-19. Group analysis further indicated that the four factors influenced mask-wearing intentions differently on young, middle-aged, and senior travelers. It was also found that demographic and travel characteristics including age, education, income, and travel frequency can be used to predict if the airline passenger was willing to pay a large amount to switch to airlines that adopted different mask policies during COVID-19. The findings of this study fill the research gap of air travelers’ intentions to wear a mask when flying during a global pandemic and provide recommendations for mask-wearing policies to help the air transport industry recover from COVID-19.

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Mask-wearing intentions on airplanes during COVID-19 – Application of theory of planned behavior model

Pan

Liu

2022

Transport Policy

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“…These measures primarily aimed to restrict the movement of people, for example through requirements to work from home or bans on travel for non-essential trips (Institute for Government, 2021 ). As a result, significant travel behavior adaptations have been observed across the globle in a sector normally considered resistant to change (Marsden and Docherty, 2021 ). Travel demand shifted from physical commutes to home working, there was greater adoption of e-shopping and home delivery services, and an increase in active travel, i.e., walking and cycling, and changes in ride-hailing use (Matson et al, 2021 ), whilst demand for public transport services experienced a major decline.…”

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Accessibility and Essential Travel: Public Transport Reliance Among Senior Citizens During the COVID-19 Pandemic

2022

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Using smart card travel data, we compare demand for bus services by passengers of age 65 or older prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic to identify public transport-reliant users residing in more car-dependent environments—i.e., people who rely on public transport services to carry out essential activities, such as daily shopping and live in areas with low public transport accessibility. Viewing lockdowns as natural experiments, we use spatial analysis combined with multilevel logistic regressions to characterize the demographic and geographic context of those passengers who continued to use public transport services in these areas during lockdown periods, or quickly returned to public transport when restrictions were eased. We find that this particular type of public transport reliance is significantly associated with socio-demographic characteristics alongside urban residential conditions. Specifically, we identify suburban geographies of public transport reliance, which are at risk of being overlooked in approaches that view public transport dependence mainly as an outcome of deprivation. Our research demonstrates once again that inclusive, healthy and sustainable mobility can only be achieved if all areas of metropolitan regions are well and reliably served by public transport.

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“…For instance, in Wuhan, China, the municipal government expropriated, among others, bus stations to build shelter hospitals rather than using them for public transport purposes (Yu and Li 2020 ). Literally, the Covid-19 pandemic might deserve a comprehensive paper on its own; for some references see, e.g., Hirschhorn ( 2021 ), Marsden and Docherty ( 2021 ) and Mützel and Scheiner ( 2021 ).…”

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Robustness and disturbances in public transport

Voß

Xie

2022

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Network-based systems are at the core of our everyday life. Whether it is electronic networking, electricity grids or transportation, users expect the networks to function properly and provide a feeling of safety and security. However, there may be disturbances. In this paper, we consider disturbances in the context of public transportation. The focus in this respect is on public transport planning and operations. To classify and cope with disturbances, one can find many ideas, including robustness, resilience, vulnerability, disruption mitigation or delay management. We survey related streams of literature and put them into perspective. As a major insight we show that different strands of literature exist that may benefit from becoming better connected and intertwined. Together with recent advances in information technology and solution methods, more integrated problem settings incorporating robustness and disturbances can play a major role in future planning and operations.

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Mega-disruptions and policy change: Lessons from the mobility sector in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK

Cited by 49 publications

References 32 publications

Mask-wearing intentions on airplanes during COVID-19 – Application of theory of planned behavior model

Mask-wearing intentions on airplanes during COVID-19 – Application of theory of planned behavior model

Accessibility and Essential Travel: Public Transport Reliance Among Senior Citizens During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Robustness and disturbances in public transport

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