Mobility Patterns Before, During, and Anticipated After the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity to Nurture Bicycling

Ehsani, Johnathon P.; Michael, Jeffrey P.; Duren, Michelle; Mui, Yeeli; Porter, Keshia M. Pollack

doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2021.01.011

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“…Survey data suggest that American adults anticipate traveling by bicycle more often after COVID-19 is no longer a concern ( Ehsani et al, 2021 ). The Arlington bicycle network originally gained popularity through a kind of positive feedback loop: a greater number of bicyclists created demand for better facilities, which in turn created political support to expand the network, which encouraged more bicyclists ( Hanson and Young, 2008 ).…”

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“…Cycling in particular has increased in popularity during the pandemic; survey research suggests a boost across all genders, most age groups, and all social classes ( Brooks et al, 2021 ). A representative sample of U.S. adults found decreases in local travel for nearly all modes of transport, but no such decline was observed for bicycle trips ( Ehsani et al, 2021 ). Further, sales of private bicycles in the United States saw huge growth in early 2020: compared to the same period the year before, sales of leisure bicycles (basic adult bicycles sold for less than $200) grew by more than 200% ( NPD Group, 2021 ).…”

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Weekday bicycle traffic and crash rates during the COVID-19 pandemic

Monfort

Cicchino

Patton

2021

Journal of Transport & Health

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Weekday bicycle traffic and crash rates during the COVID-19 pandemic

Monfort

Cicchino

Patton

2021

Journal of Transport & Health

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“…In other cities, like New York, the collapse of transit ridership corresponded with increased use of bike sharing (21). Bicycling volumes increased year-over-year in many cities (22), and residents told public opinion pollsters that they planned to bicycle more after the pandemic (23). However, many residents who managed to stop riding transit faced difficulties switching modes for essential trips, including seniors struggling to walk or bike with groceries and parents chaperoning children (8).…”

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Facing the future of transit ridership: which riders bought a car; who is planning on riding less?

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Allen²,

Zhang³

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Public transit agencies face a transformed landscape of rider demand and political support as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. We explore people’s motivations for returning to or avoiding public transit a year into the pandemic. We draw on a March 2021 follow up survey of over 1,900 people who rode transit regularly prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada, and who took part in a prior survey on the topic in May, 2020. We model how transit demand has changed due to the pandemic, and investigate how this relates to changes in automobile ownership and its desirability. We find that pre-COVID frequent transit users between the ages of 18-29, a part of the so-called “Gen Z,” and recent immigrants are more attracted to driving due to the pandemic, with the latter group more likely to have actually purchased a vehicle. Getting COVID-19 or living with someone who did is also a strong and positive predictor of buying a car and anticipating less transit use after the pandemic. Our results suggest that COVID-19 heightened the attractiveness of auto ownership among transit riders likely to eventually purchase cars anyways (immigrants, twentysomethings), at least in the North American context. We also conclude that getting COVID-19 or living with someone who did is a significant and positive predictor of having bought a car. Future research should consider how the experiencing of having COVID-19 has transformed some travelers’ views, values, and behaviour.

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“…Excluding periods of lockdown, year-on-year cycling increased 67% in Paris, 43% in Barcelona, and 17% in New York City-a trend that was likely encouraged by many cities' expansion of cycling infrastructure (Buehler and Pucher 2021;Kraus and Koch 2021). Survey data from Thessaloniki, Greece (Nikiforiadis et al 2020), and Sydney, Australia (Lock 2020), indicated increased public willingness to rely on cycling, and survey data from the United States revealed increased intention to bicycle following the pandemic (Ehsani et al 2021). Bicycle sales in 2020, compared with 2019, rose 39% in the United States, 20% in Italy, 27% in France, 20% in the UK, 17% in Germany, and 23% in Australia (Buehler and Pucher 2021) even as media reports described severe supply shortages (Annis 2020; Goldbaum 2020; Zhong 2020).…”

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COVID-19, the Built Environment, and Health

Frumkin

2021

Environ Health Perspect

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BACKGROUND: Since the dawn of cities, the built environment has both affected infectious disease transmission and evolved in response to infectious diseases. COVID-19 illustrates both dynamics. The pandemic presented an opportunity to implement health promotion and disease prevention strategies in numerous elements of the built environment. OBJECTIVES: This commentary aims to identify features of the built environment that affect the risk of COVID-19 as well as to identify elements of the pandemic response with implications for the built environment (and, therefore, for long-term public health). DISCUSSION: Built environment risk factors for COVID-19 transmission include crowding, poverty, and racism (as they manifest in housing and neighborhood features), poor indoor air circulation, and ambient air pollution. Potential long-term implications of COVID-19 for the built environment include changes in building design, increased teleworking, reconfigured streets, changing modes of travel, provision of parks and greenspace, and population shifts out of urban centers. Although it is too early to predict with confidence which of these responses may persist, identifying and monitoring them can help health professionals, architects, urban planners, and decision makers, as well as members of the public, optimize healthy built environments during and after recovery from the pandemic.

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Mobility Patterns Before, During, and Anticipated After the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Opportunity to Nurture Bicycling

Cited by 34 publications

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Weekday bicycle traffic and crash rates during the COVID-19 pandemic

Weekday bicycle traffic and crash rates during the COVID-19 pandemic

Facing the future of transit ridership: which riders bought a car; who is planning on riding less?

COVID-19, the Built Environment, and Health

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