A study of changes in everyday mobility during the Covid-19 pandemic: As perceived by people living in Malmö, Sweden

Bohman, Helena; Ryan, Jean; Stjernborg, Vanessa; Nilsson, Desirée

doi:10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.03.013

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“… Zhang & Fricker, 2021 ). It is also important to ensure sufficient capacity in pedestrian and cycling infrastructure in the vicinity of amenities and facilitating servicing through cargo bikes ( Bohman et al, 2021 ). However, this study also raises the question of whether our pedestrian areas are too congested that they provide a risk to mobility related contagion.…”

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“…The measures introduced by governments and administrations to reduce the spread of infections negatively affected the public transport systems. One of the major impacts was on the mode share characteristics of people with majority of them shifting from public transport to other modes of travel ( Bohman et al, 2021 ). Public transportation has always been the major sector to be affected in case of similar epidemic outbreaks even in the past ( Kelly et al, 2015 ; Lau et al, 2003 ; Petrie et al, 2016 ).…”

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Assessing the impact of mobility on the incidence of COVID-19 in Dublin City

Manzira

Charly

Caulfield

2022

Sustainable Cities and Society

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Covid-19 has had a major impact on the transport systems around the world. Several transport-related policies were implemented in short period of time to contain the spread of the pandemic. These policies had a major influence on travel behaviour and people's perception towards the safety of different modes of transport, especially public transport, thus affecting several sustainable mobility initiatives. To build a resilient and sustainable transport system and to rebuild trust in public transport, it is important to understand the role of mobility in the spread of Covid-19 pandemic. The present study investigates the relationship between mobility and reported Covid-19 infections using data from Dublin city. Different modes of transport including traffic volume, bus passengers, pedestrians and cyclists were considered in the study during a forty week period. Multiple scenarios involving two-week lag and three-week lag of mobility data and Covid-19 infections were considered in building statistical models. Results showed that, 36.2 % of the reported Covid-19 infections after a two-week lag and 33% of the infections after a three-week lag can be explained using the level of mobility alone. The study further discusses the policy implications and strategies for ensuring a resilient and sustainable transport system.

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Assessing the impact of mobility on the incidence of COVID-19 in Dublin City

Manzira

Charly

Caulfield

2022

Sustainable Cities and Society

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“…This also shows the important role of abundant Internet-ready homes in a resilient modern society. Bohman and colleagues [140] also noted that telework may exacerbate known differences in mobility-related gender and geography, and noted that this needs to be considered in transport policy. 12.2.…”

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Telework, Hybrid Work and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals: Towards Policy Coherence

Moglia¹,

Bardoel²

2021

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With increased participation in telework expected to continue, in the aftermath of COVID, it will be important to consider what long-term impact this practice could have on sustainability outcomes. This paper describes a scoping review and identifies connections between telework and sustainability outcomes from previous academic studies. These connections were categorised, and are discussed, based on their contributions to different United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Most research was found to focus on countries classified as having a very high human development index status. The SWOT matrix technique was used to illustrate the strengths and weaknesses identified in the existing literature, and the threats and opportunities for future work. This aims to ensure policy coherence so that strategies to promote one outcome, such as economic productivity improvements, do not undermine another, such as improved health. Practical implications and research opportunities were identified across a range of SDG impact areas, including good health and well-being, gender equality, reduced inequality, climate mitigation, sustainable cities, and resilient communities. Overall, our impression is that increased rates of telework present an important opportunity to improve sustainability outcomes. However, it will be important that integrated and holistic policy is developed that mitigates key risks.

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“…Winslott Hiselius and Arnfalk [17] focused on trips to work and business trips in Swedish public agencies and showed that 86 percent of the respondents changed their commuting trips and only 3 percent of those who made business trips before continued to do so during the pandemic. Interestingly, Bohman et al [18] presented results specifically for social and recreational trips, showing that common adaptive behaviors were a decrease in the frequency of activities and associated travel, modal adjustment, and a shift to the outdoors.…”

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“…Due to the voluntary approach used in Sweden, it is particularly interesting to study how its inhabitants have perceived their travel behavior changes during the pandemic, since they have had reason to consider which trips and activities to skip and which to keep. One such attempt has been made by Bohman et al [18], who employed qualitative data embedded in a quantitative study design to obtain an understanding of how people perceive their changes in travel behavior. The authors illustrated how the changes were sometimes a result of having chosen to stop participating in activities and sometimes a result of having no option since the activities had been cancelled.…”

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Adaptive Travel Behaviors to Cope with COVID-19: A Swedish Qualitative Study Focusing on Everyday Leisure Trips

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a rapid change in travel behavior for different types of trips, including everyday social and recreational leisure trips. People have used adaptive travel behaviors to cope with the new circumstances for activities and transport. Due to the Swedish strategy focusing on more voluntary restrictions, people have had reason to consider which trips and activities to skip and which to keep. The overall aim of the study is to explore and deepen the knowledge about adaptive behaviors used and seek to understand its possible implications for future travel behavior change towards sustainable mobility through the use of qualitative interviews focusing on everyday leisure trips. The results illustrate how people have used a range of adaptive behaviors to cope with the implications of the pandemic, with cancellation and change of transport mode being the ones most reflected upon by the interviewees. Further, the results reveal how the overall label “everyday leisure trips” in fact includes a variety of trip purposes that differ in terms of flexibility and importance and must thus be approached in different ways in transport policy measures.

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A study of changes in everyday mobility during the Covid-19 pandemic: As perceived by people living in Malmö, Sweden

Cited by 66 publications

References 41 publications

Assessing the impact of mobility on the incidence of COVID-19 in Dublin City

Assessing the impact of mobility on the incidence of COVID-19 in Dublin City

Telework, Hybrid Work and the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals: Towards Policy Coherence

Adaptive Travel Behaviors to Cope with COVID-19: A Swedish Qualitative Study Focusing on Everyday Leisure Trips

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