Transit use reduction following COVID-19: The effect of threat appraisal, proactive coping and institutional trust

Nowhere to go? A study of marginalization, social connection, and mental health outcomes among young adults experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic

“…Although the cause of this immobility is not a lack of transportation, the insights drawn from our findings can contribute to better preparations for future transportation disruptions. This is in line with other pandemic-based studies connecting psychology and travel behavior within the field of transportation, such as Kaplan et al (2022) which identifies the psychological mechanisms contributing to pandemic-based reductions in transit ridership.…”

Threat Appraisal, Resilience, and Health Behaviors in Recovered COVID-19 Patients: The Serial Mediation of Coping and Meaning-Making

“…People who assess a situation to be threatening intensify behaviors that serve health. Other research has also shown that people who are confronted with a risk of being infected with COVID-19 tend to engage in behaviors that are protective against that risk, such as travel avoidance [ 64 ] or reduced use of public transport [ 65 ]. This shows that through the assessment of perceived severity and vulnerability, and taking into account the benefits of modified behavior, people decide to undertake behavioral changes by implementing a healthier mental and physical lifestyle.…”

Social and spatial heterogeneities in COVID-19 impacts on individual's metro use: A big-data driven causality inference

“…Second, individuals' psychological beliefs can indirectly lead to reduced use of public transit. For example, people tend to overestimate the risk of the virus when they are risk-averse, perceive themselves to be in a poor health condition, and are convinced of the potential harmful consequence of the virus, and subsequently avoid public transit ( Kaplan et al, 2022 ). Third, restriction policies can change individuals’ perceptions of mobility options.…”

“…COVID-19 and mobility restriction policies have affected people's transit use behavior, particularly at the early outbreak stage. The impact mainly results from cuts in public transit service and distrust of transit during the pandemic ( Kaplan et al, 2022 ; Kim et al, 2021 ). Public transit like metro transit is a high-risk place for infection, as a mass of passengers are contained in indoor carriages and the exposure time window is long ( Shen et al, 2020 ).…”