The link between bike sharing and subway use during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case-study of New York's Citi Bike

Teixeira, João Filipe; Lopes, Miguel

doi:10.1016/j.trip.2020.100166

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“…They argue that these travel modes not only increase the risk of infection of travelers, but also play a significant role in the increase of the number of confirmed cases in the destination cities. Regarding other transport modes, in an analysis of the effects of COVID-19 on urban transport systems, Teixeira and Lopes (2020) found that New York's bike-sharing network saw a lower decrease in ridership than the subway system (71% vs. 90%) and its trips' average duration was increased from 13 min to 19 min per trip. They also found evidence indicating a modal shift to the bike-sharing from some subway users.…”

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The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

Sharifi

Khavarian-Garmsir

2020

Science of The Total Environment

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Since the early days of the COVID-19 crisis the scientific community has constantly been striving to shed light on various issues such as the mechanisms driving the spread of the virus, its environmental and socio-economic impacts, and necessary recovery and adaptation plans and policies. Given the high concentration of population and economic activities in cities, they are often hotspots of COVID-19 infections. Accordingly, many researchers are struggling to explore the dynamics of the pandemic in urban areas to understand impacts of COVID-19 on cities. In this study we seek to provide an overview of COVID-19 research related to cities by reviewing literature published during the first eight months after the first confirmed cases were reported in Wuhan, China. The main aims are to understand impacts of the pandemic on cities and to highlight major lessons that can be learned for post-COVID urban planning and design. Results show that, in terms of thematic focus, early research on the impacts of COVID-19 on cities is mainly related to four major themes, namely, (1) environmental quality, (2) socio-economic impacts, (3) management and governance, and (4) transportation and urban design. While this indicates a diverse research agenda, the first theme that covers issues related to air quality, meteorological parameters, and water quality is dominant, and the others are still relatively underexplored. Improvements in air and water quality in cities during lockdown periods highlight the significant environmental impacts of anthropogenic activities and provide a wake-up call to adopt environmentally friendly development pathways. The paper also provides other recommendations related to the socio-economic factors, urban management and governance, and transportation and urban design that can be used for post-COVID urban planning and design. Overall, existing knowledge shows that the COVID-19 crisis entails an excellent opportunity for planners and policy makers to take transformative actions towards creating cities that are more just, resilient, and sustainable.

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The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

Sharifi

Khavarian-Garmsir

2020

Science of The Total Environment

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“…Serafimova (2020) also considers that the pandemic may help to pave the way for the introduction of more sustainable, integrated, and reliable transportation system. Teixeira and Lopes (2020) have shown that, in the case of New York, bicycle sharing schemes were apparently able to improve the resilience of urban transport systems in response to disruptive phenomena such as COVID-19. Similar targets are not new and had already been widely discussed before the COVID-19 pandemic ( Khreis et al, 2016 ; Khomenko et al, 2020 ; Nieuwenhuijsen and Khreis, 2019 ; Stevenson et al, 2016 ).…”

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COVID-19 lockdown and reduction of traffic accidents in Tarragona province, Spain

Saladié

Bustamante

Gutiérrez

2020

Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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This paper analyses the impact that the lockdown decreed by the Spanish Government to combat the spread of COVID-19 has had on traffic accidents in Tarragona province (Spain). During the studied period of the lockdown (March 16 - April 26 2020) the number of accidents per day fell by 74,3% in coparison with those in February 14-20 (reference week) and 76% in respect to the equivalent period in 2018-2019. This reduction of accidents has been higher than the decrease of mobility during the same reference period (62.9%). This suggests a multiplicative positive effect of traffic reduction on roads safety. Our findings provide new evidences of the disruptive effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on transportation and of how it could be used as a catalyst to promote more sustainable and secure transport systems.

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“…Apart from all the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on human life, encouraging people to use active modes of transportation in many parts of the world, the pandemic may offer an exceptional opportunity for transportation policy to enhance sustainability in urban environments. People in many regions without prominent cycling background such as New York ( Teixeira & Lopes, 2020 ), Australia ( Beck & Hensher, 2020b ) and Bogota, Colombia ( Nurse & Dunning, 2020 ) have turned to cycling to minimize their coronavirus exposure. Within this context, cities like Toronto and London have closed some roads to cars in order to allocate safer places to cyclists and pedestrians ( The Conversation, 2020 ).…”

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

Shakibaei

Jong

Alpkökin

et al. 2021

Sustainable Cities and Society

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The link between bike sharing and subway use during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case-study of New York's Citi Bike

Cited by 316 publications

References 26 publications

The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

The COVID-19 pandemic: Impacts on cities and major lessons for urban planning, design, and management

COVID-19 lockdown and reduction of traffic accidents in Tarragona province, Spain

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

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