@article{ref1,
title="Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily travel: findings from New South Wales, Australia",
journal="Travel behaviour and society",
year="2024",
author="Du, Bo and Zhang, Cheng and Qu, Tianyang and Wang, Qi and Spring Zhou, Quan and Cui, Tingru and Perez, Pascal and Astell-Burt, Thomas",
volume="36",
number="",
pages="e100798-e100798",
abstract="The COVID-19 pandemic has caused major disruptions to people's daily life and travel. This paper aims to reveal the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people's travel in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and to explore potential measures to recover public transport patronage in the new normal. Research data is collected from a survey of 1,045 residents in NSW, Australia between October 2021 and May 2022. <br><br>RESULTS show that travel behaviors are significantly different during the pandemic compared to the pre-COVID and the new normal periods. Multiple key factors affecting travelers' choices in terms of travel mode, travel purpose and their acceptance of emerging mobilities like on-demand transport, autonomous vehicles and drones are identified, including age group, residential area, household status (e.g., couple family with children), household income, need for travel assistance, and travel-related attitude towards health and safety. The research findings suggest that emerging mobilities could provide potential solutions to transport services in a pandemic scenario.<p />",
language="en",
issn="2214-367X",
doi="10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100798",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tbs.2024.100798"
}