Nikiforiadis Andreas, Mitropoulos Lambros, Kopelias Pantelis, Basbas Socrates, Stamatiadis Nikiforos, Kroustali Sofia
Department of Transportation and Hydraulic Engineering, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Department of Infrastructure and Rural Development, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechneiou Str, 15780 Athens, Greece.
Cities. 2022 Jun;125:103662. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.103662. Epub 2022 Mar 16.
The paper aims to investigate changes in travel behavior due to COVID-19 focusing in one of the most active social groups in Greece. A questionnaire survey was conducted and 306 young adults (age 18-34 years) living in various Greek cities responded. The survey collected information about travel-related preferences before, during and after the 1st lockdown and during the 2nd lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece. City attributes of the respondent's residency location before and after the 1st lockdown were collected. The data are analyzed descriptively and through statistical modelling techniques. During the 1st lockdown an important increase in physical exercise frequency was observed, but this increase was not permanent. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in essential reductions in the frequency of public transport use and in an increase of walking frequency. The public transport use reduction was mainly attributed to people that had access to a private car and after the 1st lockdown moved to a smaller city. On the other hand, the changes in walking frequency are closely linked to the city's attributes. Useful policy implications are being derived about how the pandemic can assist in promoting sustainable urban mobility goals.
本文旨在研究新冠疫情对希腊最活跃社会群体之一出行行为的影响。开展了一项问卷调查，306名居住在希腊不同城市的年轻人（年龄在18 - 34岁之间）进行了回应。该调查收集了希腊新冠疫情第一次封锁前、封锁期间、封锁后以及第二次封锁期间与出行相关的偏好信息。收集了第一次封锁前后受访者居住地点的城市属性。通过描述性分析和统计建模技术对数据进行分析。在第一次封锁期间，体育锻炼频率显著增加，但这种增加并非永久性的。新冠疫情导致公共交通使用频率大幅下降，步行频率增加。公共交通使用频率的下降主要归因于那些有私家车且在第一次封锁后搬到较小城市的人。另一方面，步行频率的变化与城市属性密切相关。关于疫情如何有助于促进可持续城市交通目标，得出了有用的政策启示。
