Understanding travel mode choice through the lens of COVID-19: a systematic review of pandemic commuters

IF 9.5 1区 工程技术 Q1 TRANSPORTATION Transport Reviews Pub Date : 2024-03-03 DOI:10.1080/01441647.2023.2280190
Zahra Zarabi , E. Owen D. Waygood , Tim Schwanen
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The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted travel behaviours for very large numbers of people including those who shifted to teleworking and those without the option to work from home. While there is much valuable transport research that has examined the former category, it is still unknown how certain people such as health sector employees and delivery drivers changed their physical commuting in transport contexts that were radically different from those existing normally in urban areas. Based on a systematic review of 36 scientific publications on commuting during pandemic, this study pursues a dual objective. First, by examining the interrelated institutional, physical, and socio-psychological processes that supported or hindered low-carbon transport the study revealed that (A) public transport (PT) reduced service levels and concerns related to COVID were positively associated with substantial shifts away from PT towards car and active travel; (B) this positive association was found to be even stronger in the existence of pre-pandemic habit of car use for commute and strong negative emotions like fear triggered by environmental changes and health risks. Second, by synthesising the key findings from the literature, this study provides significant implications for how mode choice is modelled through the Theory of Planned Behavior and Norm Activation Model. By questioning whether the pandemic commuters had a “normal” set of travel mode alternatives to choose from, the study draws attention to the nuances of mode “choice” versus mode “use” and moves beyond the assumption that commuting always results from individuals making choices. It also argues that the role of (negative) emotions along with the importance of proximity to, or separation from, other bodies on how people commute should be considered in future research. Finally, the crucial role of COVID-19 in changing travel-related norms and the resulting long-term implications for policy interventions require further investigation by future research.

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从 COVID-19 的视角了解出行方式选择:对大流行病通勤者的系统回顾
COVID-19 大流行扰乱了许多人的出行行为,包括那些转向远程办公的人和那些无法在家工作的人。虽然有很多有价值的交通研究对前一类人进行了研究,但人们仍然不知道某些人,如卫生部门的雇员和送货司机,是如何在与城市地区正常情况截然不同的交通环境中改变他们的实际通勤方式的。基于对 36 篇关于大流行病期间通勤的科学出版物的系统回顾,本研究追求双重目标。首先,通过考察支持或阻碍低碳交通的相互关联的制度、物理和社会心理过程,研究发现:(A) 公共交通服务水平的降低和与 COVID 相关的担忧与从公共交通向汽车和积极出行的大幅转移呈正相关;(B) 如果在大流行前存在使用汽车通勤的习惯,以及由环境变化和健康风险引发的恐惧等强烈的负面情绪,则这种正相关性会更强。其次,通过综合文献中的主要发现,本研究为如何通过计划行为理论和规范激活模型来模拟模式选择提供了重要启示。通过质疑大流行病通勤者是否有一套 "正常 "的旅行模式可供选择,本研究提请人们注意模式 "选择 "与模式 "使用 "之间的细微差别,并超越了通勤总是由个人做出选择的假设。研究还认为,在未来的研究中,应考虑(负面)情绪的作用,以及与其他机构的距离远近对人们如何通勤的重要性。最后,COVID-19 在改变旅行相关规范方面的关键作用,以及由此对政策干预产生的长期影响,需要在未来的研究中进一步探讨。
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Transport Reviews
Transport Reviews TRANSPORTATION-
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期刊介绍: Transport Reviews is an international journal that comprehensively covers all aspects of transportation. It offers authoritative and current research-based reviews on transportation-related topics, catering to a knowledgeable audience while also being accessible to a wide readership. Encouraging submissions from diverse disciplinary perspectives such as economics and engineering, as well as various subject areas like social issues and the environment, Transport Reviews welcomes contributions employing different methodological approaches, including modeling, qualitative methods, or mixed-methods. The reviews typically introduce new methodologies, analyses, innovative viewpoints, and original data, although they are not limited to research-based content.
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