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What drives the changes in public transport use in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic? Highlights from Lyon metropolitan area

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  • Ali El Zein
  • Adrien Beziat
  • Pascal Pochet
  • Olivier Klein
  • Stephanie Vincent

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This article focuses on the decline in the use of public transport in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) crisis in the Lyon metropolitan area, France. Using data from a web‐based survey, supplemented by traffic counts and a qualitative survey, we explain this decline by the decrease in out‐of‐home activities such as work and the concomitant increase in teleworking, as well as by modal transfers. We test these explanations by multiple regression models that include socio‐demographic, residential, professional and attitudinal variables. We conclude with a discussion on the lasting of these changes and their implications for mobility policy. Este artículo se centra en la disminución del uso del transporte público en el contexto de la crisis de la enfermedad por coronavirus 2019 (COVID‐19) en el área metropolitana de Lyon (Francia). El estudio utiliza datos de una encuesta por Internet, complementados con recuentos de tráfico y una encuesta cualitativa, con los que se explica este descenso en la disminución de las actividades fuera de casa, como el trabajo, y el aumento concomitante del teletrabajo, así como por los traslados modales. Se comprobaron estas explicaciones mediante modelos de regresión múltiple que incluyen variables sociodemográficas, residenciales, profesionales y de actitud. Se concluyó con un análisis sobre la duración de estos cambios y sus implicaciones para la política de movilidad. 本稿では、フランスのリヨン都市圏における、新型コロナウイルス感染症(COVID‐19)による危機を背景とした、公共交通機関の利用の減少に注目する。インターネットでの観測調査のデータを交通量や定性調査のデータで補足したものを用いて、公共交通機関の利用の減少を、仕事などの家庭外活動の減少とそれに伴うテレワークの増加、およびモーダルトランスファーによって説明する。我々は、社会人口統計学的変数、居住地変数、職業変数および態度変数を含む重回帰モデルによってこれらの説明を検証した。最後に、これらの変化の持続性とモビリティ政策に対するインプリケーションについて考察する。

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  • Ali El Zein & Adrien Beziat & Pascal Pochet & Olivier Klein & Stephanie Vincent, 2022. "What drives the changes in public transport use in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic? Highlights from Lyon metropolitan area," Regional Science Policy & Practice, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 14(S1), pages 122-141, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:rgscpp:v:14:y:2022:i:s1:p:122-141
    DOI: 10.1111/rsp3.12519
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