“…Less research has explored the impact of the perceived risk of contagion on urban mobility, with the exception of a few studies about the impacts of influenza in the US ( Hotle et al, 2020 ); MERS in Seoul, South Korea ( Kim et al, 2017 ); and SARS in Hong Kong ( Lau et al, 2003 ). However, to our knowledge, very few studies have explored the factors configuring perceived safety and satisfaction among public transport users during the COVID-19 pandemic ( Betkier, 2020 , Dong et al, 2021 , Przybylowski et al, 2021 ) or the influence of perceived safety from COVID-19 on travel behaviour ( Barbieri et al, 2021 , Khaddar and Fatmi, 2021 ). Nonetheless, these studies were conducted during the first stages of the pandemic, in a critical period characterized by rapidly increasing contagion rates, a general lack of information and preventive population lockdowns.…”