Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior in Istanbul: A panel data analysis

Shakibaei, Shahin; Jong, G C De; Alpkökin, Pelin; Rashidi, Taha Hossein

doi:10.1016/j.scs.2020.102619

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“…For instance, transport use in the UK was dramatically reduced during the lockdown ( DfT, 2020 ); motor vehicle usage was dropped by more than 50 % and the use of national rail was decreased by up to 4% compared to before the introduction of lockdown. Another survey study ( Shakibaei, De Jong, Alpkökin, & Rashidi, 2020 ) in Turkey also demonstrated significant changes in travel behaviours during the pandemic. In particular, the use of all major public transportations, including rail and bus, significantly decreased.…”

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Attitudes towards outdoor and neighbour noise during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in London

Lee

Jeong²

2021

Sustainable Cities and Society

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To stop the spread of COVID-19 transmission, the UK put a first lockdown on the entire country during the months of March and May 2020, which strictly curtailed personal mobility and economic activities. The present study is aimed to understand attitude of people towards noise inside their homes in London during the lockdown. Tweets from the social media platform were collected during the lockdown and the same periods in 2019. Additionally, subjective responses to outdoor and neighbour noises were collected through a questionnaire survey. Tweets about noise complaints during the lockdown were more than twice of those before introduction of lockdown. A substantial increase in talking/shouting, and TV/music activities were observed among the neighbour noise sources. Similar findings were obtained from the survey. The respondents answered that the perceived outdoor noise level decreased but perceived neighbour noise level increased during the lockdown. The outdoor noise annoyance ratings were revealed to be significantly lower than those before the lockdown. In contrast, neighbour noises were more frequently heard and annoyance ratings increased compared to the pre-lockdown period. In particular, talking/shouting and TV/music were most annoying. Furthermore, neighbour noise was more annoying than outdoor noise during the lockdown. This suggests that neighbour noise is more problematic than outdoor noise during lockdown. The findings of this study would be useful in designing the future strategy to enhance the acoustic comfort and city sustainability.

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Attitudes towards outdoor and neighbour noise during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in London

Lee

Jeong²

2021

Sustainable Cities and Society

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“…There was also no correlation between the factor of gender and the frequency of leisure, social, recreational activity participation during the pandemic. However, for shopping activities, males and people living in a household with less than four family members were more active than their counterparts (Shakibaei et al 2021 ). In addition, Beck et al ( 2020 ) considered the effect of socioeconomic characteristics including age, gender, occupation, and household income on teleworking activities during the beginning of COVID-19 outbreak in Australia.…”

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Exploring activity-travel behavior changes during the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

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This study examines the change in activities and associated travel during the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. This study is particularly interested in analyzing the role of attitudes, descriptive norms, protective behaviors toward COVID-19, travel frequency before the pandemic, and spatial and individual characteristics on activity-travel behavior changes in relation to information and communication technology (ICT) use. Data were obtained from 1062 respondents using a web-based questionnaire survey. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the complex relationships among variables. This study found that descriptive norms positively affected the frequency of travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. Teleworking and e-learning and attitudes toward COVID-19 directly affected activity-travel behavior changes. On the contrary, teleshopping did not contribute to reducing out-of-home activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Experience of ICT influenced a decline in travel frequency and ride-hailing use. Furthermore, although personal attributes insignificantly influenced activity-travel behavior change, these attributes directly affected ICT use. Meanwhile, people living outside of Java Island had a higher travel frequency during the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic than their counterparts. Based on our findings, this study recommends that the very initial step in an emergency caused by a disaster be to massively socialize or educate people about the risk of the pandemic and to continue with a policy to minimize travel by encouraging teleworking and e-learning. Empowering ICT to support activities from home will beneficially minimize the spread of the pandemic.

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“…In principle, various data sources can be employed to study the impact of COVID-19 on citizen mobility and travel and driving behavior [23]. First, Aloi et al [24] exploited a number of data sources, including traffic counters, control cameras, and public transport data.…”

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“…Surveys were also carried, for example, in Lagos (Nigeria) [28] and Kanto Region (Japan) [29]. Using panel data, Shakibaei et al [23] identified interesting patterns in how travelling related to Social/Recreational/Leisure (SRL) changed during three phases of the virus outbreak in Istanbul (Turkey). ey argued that currently, the situation regarding travel behavior is "in a stage of flux."…”

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The Impact of the COVID-19 Movement Restrictions on the Road Traffic in the Czech Republic during the State of Emergency

Šimůnek

Smutný

Doležel

2021

Journal of Advanced Transportation

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The COVID-19 pandemic crisis has impacted numerous areas of people’s work and free-time activities. This article aims to present the main impacts of the COVID-19 movement restrictions on the road traffic in the Czech Republic, measured during the first epidemic wave, i.e., from 12 March to 17 May 2020. The state of emergency was imposed by the Czech government as a de jure measure for coping with the perceived crisis, although the measure eventually resulted only in a quite liberal de facto form of stay-at-home instruction. Unique country-scale traffic data of the first six months of 2020 from 37,002 km of roads, constituting 66% of all roads in the Czech Republic, were collected and analyzed. For the prediction of the prepandemic traffic conditions and their comparison with the measured values in the period of the state of emergency, a long-term traffic speed prediction ensemble model consisting of case-based reasoning, linear regression, and fallback submodels was used. The authors found out that the COVID-19 movement restrictions had a significant impact on the country-wide traffic. Traffic density was reduced considerably in the first three weeks, and the weekly average traffic speed in all road types increased by up to 21%, expectedly due to less crowded roads. The exception was motorways, where a different trend in traffic was found. In sum, during the first three weeks of the state of emergency, people followed government regulations and restrictions and changed their travel behavior accordingly. However, following this period, the traffic gradually returned to the prepandemic state. This occurred three weeks before the state of emergency was terminated. From a behavioral perspective, this article briefly discusses the possible causes of such discrepancies between de jure and de facto pandemic measures, i.e., the governmental communication strategy related to loosening of movement restrictions, media reality, and certain culture-related traits.

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior in Istanbul: A panel data analysis

Cited by 262 publications

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Attitudes towards outdoor and neighbour noise during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in London

Attitudes towards outdoor and neighbour noise during the COVID-19 lockdown: A case study in London

Exploring activity-travel behavior changes during the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

The Impact of the COVID-19 Movement Restrictions on the Road Traffic in the Czech Republic during the State of Emergency

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