Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on urban passenger travel demand in the greater Toronto area: description of a multi-pronged and multi-staged study with initial results

Habib, Khandker Nurul; Hawkins, Jason; Shakib, Saeed; Loa, Patrick; Mashrur, Sk. Md.; Dianat, Alireza; Wang, Kaili; Hossain, Sanjana; Liu, Yicong

doi:10.1080/19427867.2021.1899579

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“…The availability of a car is an important factor in mode choice selection as it affects primary mode choice and subsequently traffic volumes and safety. Habib et al (2021) found that higher car availability increases more frequent out-of-home activities even during a complete lockdown. Further, people living in dense areas undertake more frequent trips compared to suburban areas.…”

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Transport impacts in Germany and State of Qatar: An assessment during the first wave of COVID-19

Jaekel

Muley

2022

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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Response measures to contain COVID-19 spread varied from country to country, some imposed a complete lockdown while some imposed partial restrictions. This paper compares the transport impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic for two countries having dissimilar characteristics, Germany and State of Qatar, based on the rates of infection and response measures. Secondary data, obtained from Google mobility reports, and primary data, collected from local agencies, were used for comparison purposes. The secondary data comparison from February 2020 to July 2020 indicated an overall decline in mobility for all commercial activities and an increase was noted for parks and residential locations for Saxony, Germany. For State of Qatar, the mobility was decreased to all places except residential locations. Further, the comparison for traffic volumes and the number of crashes during the first wave of the pandemic indicated that the reduction in traffic volumes, major, and minor crashes was coupled with restrictive measures rather than COVID-19 incidences for both countries. Further, the traffic volumes showed a statistically significant inverse linear relationship with the stringency index for both countries during weekdays as well as weekends. These results suggest that the policy measures are key in governing movement restrictions and containing the spread of pandemic rather than the number of COVID-19 incidences. Further, the authorities should monitor the traffic trends during the pandemic and enforce the traffic rules and regulations as soon as the movement restrictions are lifted.

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Transport impacts in Germany and State of Qatar: An assessment during the first wave of COVID-19

Jaekel

Muley

2022

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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“…The telecommuting issue again came at the forefront in many parts of the world as people were forced to work from home during COVID-19 lockdown. Since last year, a significant amount of researches ( Arimura et al, 2020 ; Beck et al, 2020 ; Beck and Hensher, 2020a , 2020b ; Borkowski et al, 2021 ; Crowley et al, 2020 ; de Haas et al, 2020 ; Habib et al, 2021 ; Irawan et al, 2021 ; Shamshiripour et al, 2020 ; J. Zhang et al, 2021 ) have been conducted across the globe and even in developing countries ( Anwari et al, 2021 ; Bhaduri et al, 2020 ; Dandapat et al, 2020 ; Ivanova et al, 2021 ; N. Zhang et al, 2021 ) to assess the impact of the pandemic on lifestyle (i.e.…”

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Potential of telecommuting for different employees in the Indian context beyond COVID-19 lockdown

Nayak

Pandit

2021

Transport Policy

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“…20 While employment in the warehousing segment increased because of the dependence on online shopping and people working from home, the transport segment suffered considerable losses owing to the pandemic. 21 Transit usage in Toronto dropped by 21% since the pandemic's onset due to work-fromhome orders and fears associated with public transport (Habib et al 2021). The rising virus cases in the TTC further depressed transit ridership.…”

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The COVID-19 Era—Influencers of Uneven Sector Performance: A Canadian Perspective

2022

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The study estimates the impact of COVID-19 on the labour market outcomes of major industrial sectors in Toronto, the largest urban centre in Canada. Using various economic data, we classify the sectors as distressed, stable, and those requiring ongoing monitoring. Furthermore, we estimate the expected impact of the pandemic shock using the Impulse Response Function (IRF) method. The results show an uneven impact of the pandemic with adverse outcomes for low-paying front-facing sectors, such as accommodation & food services and manufacturing. The post-pandemic projections show lingering negative implications for various sectors. The insights are helpful for policy recommendations, such as targeted responses to address the declines and structural changes in these sectors because of increasing technology adoption and the resulting labour market challenges.

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Assessing the impacts of COVID-19 on urban passenger travel demand in the greater Toronto area: description of a multi-pronged and multi-staged study with initial results

Cited by 30 publications

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Transport impacts in Germany and State of Qatar: An assessment during the first wave of COVID-19

Transport impacts in Germany and State of Qatar: An assessment during the first wave of COVID-19

Potential of telecommuting for different employees in the Indian context beyond COVID-19 lockdown

The COVID-19 Era—Influencers of Uneven Sector Performance: A Canadian Perspective

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