How COVID-19 and the Dutch 'intelligent lockdown' change activities, work and travel behaviour: Evidence from longitudinal data in the Netherlands
| Autor: | Roel Faber, Marije Hamersma, Mathijs de Haas |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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business.industry Longitudinal travel data COVID-19 Transportation Management Science and Operations Research lcsh:HE1-9990 Popularity Article Coronavirus Travel behavior Netherlands Mobility Panel (MPN) Work (electrical) Telecommuting Public transport Automotive Engineering TRIPS architecture Demographic economics lcsh:Transportation and communications business Psychology Travel behaviour Panel data Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Vol 6, Iss, Pp 100150-(2020) |
| ISSN: | 2590-1982 |
| Popis: | COVID-19 has massively affected the lives of people all over the world. This paper presents first insights in current and potential future effects of the virus and the Dutch government's ‘intelligent lockdown’ on people's activities and travel behaviour. Findings are based on a representative sample of about 2500 respondents from the Netherlands Mobility Panel (MPN). We show that approximately 80% of people reduced their activities outdoors, with a stronger decrease for older people. 44% of workers started or increased the amount of hours working from home and 30% have more remote meetings. Most of these workers report positive experiences. Students and school pupils, however, are mostly not happy with following education from home. Furthermore, the amount of trips and distance travelled dropped by 55% and 68% respectively when compared to the fall of 2019. So-called ‘roundtrips’ (e.g. a walking or cycling tour) gained in popularity. People are currently more positive towards the car and far more negative towards public transport. Changes in outdoor activities seem to be temporal, with over 90% of people who currently reduced their outdoor activities not expecting to continue this behaviour in the future after corona. However, 27% of home-workers expect to work from home more often in the future. In addition, 20% of people expect to cycle and walk more and 20% expect to fly less in the future. These findings show that the coronavirus crisis might result in structural behavioural changes, although future longitudinal analyses are needed to observe these possible structural effects. Highlights • Approximately 80% of people reduced their activities outdoors (e.g. grocery shopping). • Share of workers that work (almost) completely from home increased from 6% to 39%. • 27% of home-workers also expect to work more from home in the future after corona. • The amount of trips and distance travelled dropped by 55% and 68% respectively. • 20% of people expect to cycle and walk more and to fly less in the future after corona. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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