Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Ruijie Bian |
Author | Pamela Murray-Tuite |
Author | Jian Li |
URL | https://ascelibrary.org/doi/10.1061/%28ASCE%29UP.1943-5444.0000887 |
Rights | © 2022 American Society of Civil Engineers |
Volume | 148 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 04022038 |
Publication | Journal of Urban Planning and Development |
Date | 2022/12/01 |
Extra | Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers |
DOI | 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000887 |
Library Catalog | ASCE |
Language | EN |
Abstract | The impacts of COVID-19 on for-hire vehicle (FHV) (e.g., Uber/Lyft, often referred to as transportation network companies in other locations) and taxi use have been relatively understudied compared with transit and personal vehicles. This study analyzed and estimated the changes in ridership for taxis and FHVs in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic to determine whether it had disproportional impacts on these competing modes, how these impacts varied over time and space, and the associated factors. Data supporting the analyses came from the Taxi and Limousine Commission, the COVID-19 Data Repository, Google's Community Mobility Reports, the American Community Survey, and the Primary Land Use Tax Lot Output. Temporal change was measured by the daily taxi/FHV ridership deviation from a defined baseline, which showed that COVID-19 more negatively impacted taxis than FHVs. Temporal moving average models were then employed, which showed that COVID-19 had different temporal impacts on taxis and FHVs in relation to the parameters’ significance, magnitude, and temporal correlation patterns. In general, taxi/FHV ridership dropped when people spent more time at home and the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases was greater. The spatial variation in taxi/FHV ridership was measured by the coefficient of variation. Spatial regression models indicated that the land use of a zone affected taxi/FHV ridership during the pandemic. In addition, a zone with more carless/car-free households, older persons, or more children enrolled in school was more likely to experience a decrease in taxi/FHV ridership. A zone with more workers who commuted by walking or taking transit (excluding taxis) in pre-COVID times was more likely to see a decrease in taxi/FHV ridership. A zone with more people working from home pre-COVID, was more likely to see an increase in FHV ridership. The models showed that COVID-19 had greater spatial impacts on taxis than FHVs. Based on these results, this study provides insights as to what factors affected ridership of the two competing travel modes and suggests actions that transportation authorities could take to reduce temporal and spatial impact disparities. |
Date Added | 9/19/2022, 9:36:04 AM |
Type | Journal Article |
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Author | Alexa Delbosc |
Author | Graham Currie |
Author | Taru Jain |
Author | Laura Aston |
URL | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967070X22002189 |
Volume | 127 |
Pages | 15-21 |
Publication | Transport Policy |
Date | 2022-10-01 |
Journal Abbr | Transport Policy |
DOI | 10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.08.007 |
Library Catalog | ScienceDirect |
Language | en |
Abstract | Significant disruptive events have the potential to change travel behaviour in the long-term. COVID-19 has caused the most significant disruption of travel behaviour in living memory. One of the most notable changes has been the increase in working from home, which was forced upon many workers during lockdowns and ‘stay at home’ orders. But much is still unknown about the long-term impacts of those changes. This study explores the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on changing work from behaviours using the Transtheoretical Model of behaviour change. The Transtheoretical Model has been widely used to study behaviour change in health, with some application to travel behaviour change. In this paper, we explore whether people's ‘stage of change’ before COVID-19 has an impact on their long-term intent to work from home. We found that only 12% of respondents had considered working from home more before COVID, yet those that had were far more likely to intend to work from home in the long term. In addition, we unpack the influence of ‘process of change’ factors, some of which point to a potential ‘re-norming’ of attitudes toward working from home. Although self-efficacy (feeling capable to work from home) was an important factor, it was not as important as the attitudes of employers and colleagues toward working from home. Implications of the findings for research and practice are explored. |
Date Added | 9/20/2022, 1:02:41 PM |