Insights into the impact of COVID-19 on household travel and activities in Australia - The early days of easing restrictions
Insights into the impact of COVID-19 on household travel and activities in Australia - The early days of easing restrictions
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DOI：
10.1016/j.tranpol.2020.08.004
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发表时间：
2020-12-01
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6.8
通讯作者：
Hensher, David A.
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作者：
Beck, Matthew J.;Hensher, David A.
COVID-19疫情继续对全球生活及经济造成前所未有的破坏。本文是第二次在什么将是一个正在进行的一系列分析的纵向旅行和活动调查。在这篇论文中，我们研究了澳大利亚5月底至6月初收集的数据，在全国范围内首次爆发COVID-19后，新病例数相对平稳，因为许多州的司法管辖区已经开始慢慢放松旨在限制SARS-CoV-2病毒传播的限制。我们发现，在这段期间，旅游活动已开始慢慢恢复，特别是私家车，特别是购物和社交或娱乐活动。受访者表示，他们对与朋友见面或返回商店的想法感到满意，因此当局需要意识到社交距离的潜在侵蚀以及在这方面的适当COVID安全行为。人们仍然对使用公共交通感到担忧，尽管自第一波数据收集以来，这种担忧已明显减少。我们认为，在家办公仍然是减少旅行和减少对受限交通网络压力的一项重要战略，如果将这一政策措施延续到大流行后的世界，将是朝着更可持续的交通未来迈出的重要一步。我们发现，在家工作的体验总体上是积极的，相当多的受访者喜欢继续在家工作，并得到不同程度的雇主支持，高于COVID-19前的水平。因此，任何利用当前在家工作水平的投资都应被视为对交通的投资。
The COVID-19 disease continues to cause unparalleled disruption to life and the economy world over. This paper is the second in what will be an ongoing series of analyses of a longitudinal travel and activity survey. In this paper we examine data collected over a period of late May to early June in Australia, following four-to-six weeks of relatively flat new cases in COVID-19 after the initial nationwide outbreak, as many state jurisdictions have begun to slowly ease restrictions designed to limit the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. We find that during this period, travel activity has started to slowly return, in particular by private car, and in particular for the purposes of shopping and social or recreational activities. Respondents indicate comfort with the idea of meeting friends or returning to shops, so authorities need to be aware of potential erosion of social distancing and appropriate COVID-safe behaviour in this regard. There is still a concern about using public transport, though it has diminished noticeably since the first wave of data collection. We see that working from home continues to be an important strategy in reducing travel and pressure on constrained transport networks, and a policy measure that if carried over to a post-pandemic world, will be an important step towards a more sustainable transport future. We find that work from home has been a generally positive experience with a significant number of respondents liking to work from home moving forward, with varying degrees of employer support, at a level above those seen before COVID-19. Thus, any investment to capitalise on current levels of work from home should be viewed as an investment in transport.