Acceptability of sustainable mobility policies under a post-COVID-19 scenario. Evidence from Spain
| Autor: | Juan Gomez, Samir Awad-Núñez, Borja Moya-Gómez, Julián Sastre González, Raky Julio |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050210 logistics & transportation
education.field_of_study business.industry 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development Population Urban hierarchy 0211 other engineering and technologies Transportation 02 engineering and technology Space (commercial competition) Coronavirus Public space Sustainable transport Epidemia Encuesta social 0502 economics and business Development economics Pandemic Health care 021108 energy Business Set (psychology) education Desarrollo sostenible |
| Zdroj: | Transport policy. 106 |
| ISSN: | 0967-070X |
| Popis: | The COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly modified the lifestyle of a large portion of the population around the world. This pandemic is also the first one in decades that has severely impacted many countries of the Global North. Governments have had to adopt wide-scope and desperate measures to face the abnormal situation and to reduce the stress of their health care systems. These measures have been based on reducing the physical-social interaction and mobility (closing schools and some economic activities, or fostering telework, among others), increasing the physical distance between people, and recommending washing hands frequently and wearing masks. Thus, the COVID-19 may change many habits of people and the ways we interact with others after the current pandemic. It would also imply changes in mobility habits. Many questions arise about the willingness and acceptability of changes, and who would have to impulse them and how. This paper aims to study and understand individuals' acceptability towards a set of generic measures related to urban mobility in Spain, one of the countries most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To that end, we conducted an online survey during the lockdown in Spring (2020). More than 75% of respondents would accept restrictions on car use after the return to normal, and more than 90% agree on increasing the space for pedestrians and cyclists on streets. Furthermore, 75% of respondents would change the primary transport mode towards a more sustainable transport mode if it would decrease the incidence or severity of the COVID-19. These results show that the respondents are overall in favor of a new urban hierarchy that gives more importance to the most sustainable modes, reducing the public space devoted to the car, which means the possibility of turning the COVID-19 crisis into an opportunity to make Spanish cities more sustainable. Sin financiación 6.173 JCR (2021) Q1, 36/381 Economics 1.732 SJR (2021) Q1, 31/756 Geography, Planning and Development No data IDR 2021 UEM |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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