Bagdatli Muhammed Emin Cihangir, Ipek Fatima
Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Nigde Omer Halisdemir University, 51240, Nigde, Turkey.
Transp Policy (Oxf). 2022 Mar;118:20-32. doi: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2022.01.017. Epub 2022 Jan 29.
The COVID-19 outbreak very quickly disrupted the order of human beings. While many sectors have been trying to cope with the ongoing COVID-19 process, they have also been trying to plan the new process for after the pandemic. Transport is one of the sectors most affected by the pandemic and it is necessary to produce the right political formulations for the post-pandemic period. For this reason, it is necessary to carefully examine the changing user demands in various segments of society due to COVID-19 and reveal effective post-pandemic transport policies. This study contributes to this requirement. Accordingly, this study investigated the transport mode preferences of university students in post-pandemic period in Istanbul, one of the important metropolises of the world, via the use of a survey. The reason for university students were focused on was that the mobility of university students is very high and in addition, they are more flexible than other age groups in using different transport modes. The main findings obtained from the study show that there will be a significant change in demand in transport modes after the pandemic. In particular, while a critical decrease may be observed in the travel demand for public buses, shared minibuses and LRT in public transport in post-pandemic period, a high increase in demand for private car use is highly probable. In addition, the research results indicate that COVID-19 can cause an increase in use of e-scooter/hoverboard and active travel modes. The results obtained through the statistical analysis and the discussions based on these results can make a significant contribution to the post-pandemic transport policies of cities with high university student populations and various transport modes, such as Istanbul.
新冠疫情的爆发迅速打乱了人类的秩序。许多行业在努力应对当前的新冠疫情过程中，也一直在为疫情后的新阶段做规划。交通运输是受疫情影响最严重的行业之一，有必要为疫情后时期制定正确的政策方案。因此，有必要仔细研究新冠疫情导致的社会各阶层用户需求的变化，并制定有效的疫情后交通政策。本研究有助于满足这一需求。据此，本研究通过一项调查，对世界重要大都市之一伊斯坦布尔的大学生在疫情后时期的交通方式偏好进行了调查。之所以关注大学生，是因为大学生的流动性非常高，此外，他们在使用不同交通方式方面比其他年龄组更灵活。该研究的主要结果表明，疫情后交通方式的需求将发生重大变化。特别是，疫情后时期公共交通中的公交车、共享小型巴士和轻轨的出行需求可能会大幅下降，而私家车使用需求很可能会大幅增加。此外，研究结果表明，新冠疫情可能会导致电动滑板车/悬浮滑板和主动出行方式的使用增加。通过统计分析获得的结果以及基于这些结果的讨论，可为伊斯坦布尔等拥有大量大学生人口和各种交通方式的城市的疫情后交通政策做出重大贡献。
