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作者

Andreas Nikiforiadis;Lambros Mitropoulos;Pantelis Kopelias;Socrates Basbas;Nikiforos Stamatiadis;Sofia Kroustali

来源

CITIES,Vol.125,Issue1,Article 103662

语言

英文

关键字

COVID-19;Mobility changes;Young adults;Travel behavior

作者单位

Department of Transportation and Hydraulic Engineering, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;Department of Infrastructure and Rural Development, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechneiou Str, 15780 Athens, Greece;Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Pedion Areos, 38334 Volos, Greece;Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA;Department of Transportation and Hydraulic Engineering, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece;Department of Infrastructure and Rural Development, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechneiou Str, 15780 Athens, Greece;Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Pedion Areos, 38334 Volos, Greece;Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

摘要

The paper aims to investigate changes in travel behavior due to COVID-19 focusing in one of the most active social groups in Greece. A questionnaire survey was conducted and 306 young adults (age 18–34 years) living in various Greek cities responded. The survey collected information about travel-related preferences before, during and after the 1st lockdown and during the 2nd lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece. City attributes of the respondent's residency location before and after the 1st lockdown were collected. The data are analyzed descriptively and through statistical modelling techniques. During the 1st lockdown an important increase in physical exercise frequency was observed, but this increase was not permanent. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in essential reductions in the frequency of public transport use and in an increase of walking frequency. The public transport use reduction was mainly attributed to people that had access to a private car and after the 1st lockdown moved to a smaller city. On the other hand, the changes in walking frequency are closely linked to the city's attributes. Useful policy implications are being derived about how the pandemic can assist in promoting sustainable urban mobility goals.